SB 380 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
03/01
SENATE BILL 380
AN ACT relative to petitions for boating rules.
SPONSORS: Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Emerton, Hills 7; Rep. Daniels, Hills 6
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill requires petitions signed by 10 percent of the registered voters in the town or towns in which a lake, pond, or river is located to request department of safety rules restricting the operation of boats or ski craft on a lake, pond, or river.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2661
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to petitions for boating rules.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Operating Restrictions; Petitions. Amend RSA 270:12, I to read as follows:
I. The commissioner of safety shall, after receiving a petition signed by [25 or more residents or property owners of each affected] 10 percent of the registered voters in town [or towns] in which a lake, pond, or river is located, or, if more than one town borders the lake, pond, or river, 10 percent of the registered voters in each town bordering the lake, pond, or river, and after notice and hearing, at which it appears that the public interest requires, adopt rules under RSA 541-A governing the maximum horsepower of boat engines and outboard motors or prescribe maximum speed limits for the operation of such boats or outboard motors applicable to or upon all or any portion of the public waters of this state. The commissioner of safety shall, in like manner and after notice and hearing, prohibit the use of motorboats and outboard motors on bodies of public water having an area of 35 acres or less; provided, that said prohibition shall not be construed as affecting the bodies of water covered by RSA 270:75[-109] through RSA 270:132. Hearings under this section shall be held in the vicinity of the body of water under consideration during the months of June, July, August, and September following the date of the petition.
2 Ski Craft; Petitions. Amend RSA 270:74-a, II to read as follows:
II. Any group of [10 or more residents or property owners of] voters in a town in which a lake, pond, or river is located may petition the commissioner to prohibit or restrict the use of ski craft on the lake, pond, or river, or a portion thereof. Such petition shall be signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters in the town, or, if more than one town borders the lake, pond, or river, 10 percent of the registered voters in each town bordering the lake, pond, or river. Once ski craft have been prohibited or restricted on a lake, pond, or river, or portion thereof, pursuant to this section for at least one year such a group of [residents or property owners] voters may not petition to allow the use of ski craft on the lake, pond, or river, or a portion thereof.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.