SB160 (2019) Compare Changes


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1 Swimming and Non-motorized Boating at Public Boat Access Areas. The fish and game department shall select 5 public boat access areas and shall permit at such areas swimming and boat access for non-motorized cartop watercraft such as canoes, kayaks, rowboats, sailboats, inflatable boats, paddle boards, or other watercraft that are hand portable to the water's edge and are able to be launched with or without a developed boat launch area. In selecting the 5 public boat access areas, the department shall choose low impact and low utilization access areas. The purpose shall be to determine if swimming and cartop non-motorized boating can safely utilize a public boat access area while limiting the impact to grant funding.

2 Report. The executive director of fish and game shall inform the senate president, speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor of the status of the swimming and non-motorized boating access permitted under section 1 of this act no later than November 1, 2022.

3 Repeal. Section 1 of this act, relative to swimming and non-motorized boating access at public boat access areas, is repealed.

4 Effective Date.

I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2024.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Changed Version

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1 Swimming and Non-motorized Boating at Public Boat Access Areas. The fish and game department shall select 5 public boat access areas and shall permit at such areas swimming and boat access for non-motorized cartop watercraft such as canoes, kayaks, rowboats, sailboats, inflatable boats, paddle boards, or other watercraft that are hand portable to the water's edge and are able to be launched with or without a developed boat launch area. In selecting the 5 public boat access areas, the department shall choose low impact and low utilization access areas. The purpose shall be to determine if swimming and cartop non-motorized boating can safely utilize a public boat access area while limiting the impact to grant funding.

2 Report. The executive director of fish and game shall inform the senate president, speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor of the status of the swimming and non-motorized boating access permitted under section 1 of this act no later than November 1, 2022.

3 Repeal. Section 1 of this act, relative to swimming and non-motorized boating access at public boat access areas, is repealed.

4 Effective Date.

I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2024.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.