Bill Text: NH HB1071 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to wake surfing.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-20 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted DV 171-149 03/17/2022 House Journal 8 [HB1071 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1071-Introduced.html

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HB 1071  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2277

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1071

 

AN ACT relative to wake surfing.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gottling, Sull. 2; Rep. Deshaies, Carr. 6; Rep. J. MacDonald, Carr. 6; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Rep. Tanner, Sull. 9; Rep. Ebel, Merr. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill regulates wake surfing on inland waters.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2277

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to wake surfing.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Wake Surfing; Inland Waters.  Amend RSA 270-D:3 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII.  Any boat underway for wake surfing on inland waters shall maintain a minimum distance of 250 feet from the shore, docks, and other boats.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.