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549
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
549
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1197)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
creating
boat
permits
for
boat
liveries,
and
including
1
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
462A.10A
Boat
liveries
——
permits.
1
1.
This
section
shall
only
apply
to
boat
liveries
that
2
provide
watercraft
for
use
on
lakes
operated
by
the
United
3
States
army
corps
of
engineers
that
are
located
on
the
Des
4
Moines
river
and
to
the
waters
of
those
lakes.
For
purposes
5
of
this
section,
“boat
livery”
includes
boat
clubs
and
similar
6
operations.
7
2.
a.
An
owner
of
a
boat
livery
shall
not
rent,
lease,
or
8
otherwise
allow
the
use
of
any
watercraft
in
waters
regulated
9
under
this
section
without
sufficient
boat
permits
issued
10
pursuant
to
this
section.
11
b.
To
obtain
a
boat
permit,
an
owner
of
a
boat
livery
shall
12
submit
an
application
to
the
department
that
shall
include
the
13
number
of
permits
the
owner
is
requesting
to
be
issued
and
any
14
other
information
the
department
deems
relevant.
15
c.
Each
boat
permit
issued
to
an
owner
of
a
boat
livery
16
authorizes
the
owner
to
allow
the
use
of
one
watercraft
in
17
waters
regulated
under
this
section
at
any
given
time.
18
3.
a.
A
three-member
committee
shall
be
created
consisting
19
of
a
member
of
the
senate
chosen
by
the
president
of
the
20
senate,
a
member
of
the
house
of
representatives
chosen
by
the
21
speaker
of
the
house
of
representatives,
and
a
member
of
the
22
department
appointed
by
the
director.
23
b.
The
committee
created
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall,
24
by
unanimous
consent,
determine
the
number
of
boat
permits
to
25
be
issued
to
each
applicant
and
recommend
to
the
commission
any
26
rules
the
committee
deems
necessary
for
the
safety
of
rental
27
watercraft
users
and
other
watercraft
users
in
the
lakes.
The
28
permits
issued
shall
be
valid
for
two
years.
29
c.
The
committee
shall
meet
annually
before
April
1
of
each
30
year
to
review
the
number
of
boat
permits
currently
in
use,
31
new
permit
requests,
and
existing
rules.
Additional
meetings
32
may
be
called
without
limitation
at
the
discretion
of
the
33
committee.
34
d.
Any
boat
permit
issued
under
this
subsection
may
be
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revoked
at
the
discretion
of
the
committee.
1
e.
Section
4A.5
does
not
apply
to
the
committee
created
2
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
3
4.
The
commission
shall
adopt
and
the
department
shall
4
enforce
rules
pursuant
to
this
section
and
decisions
made
by
5
the
committee.
6
5.
A
watercraft
registered
in
a
different
state
but
used
7
in
waters
regulated
under
this
section
shall
be
subject
to
the
8
requirements
of
this
section.
9
Sec.
2.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
10
retroactively
to
the
rental,
lease,
or
other
allowance
of
11
use
by
the
owner
of
a
boat
livery
of
any
watercraft
on
lakes
12
operated
by
the
United
States
army
corps
of
engineers
that
are
13
located
on
the
Des
Moines
river
on
and
after
January
1,
2025.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
creates
boat
permits
for
boat
liveries
providing
18
watercraft
for
use
on
lakes
operated
by
the
United
States
army
19
corps
of
engineers
that
are
located
on
the
Des
Moines
river.
20
The
bill
prohibits
an
owner
of
a
boat
livery
from
renting,
21
leasing,
or
otherwise
allowing
the
use
of
any
watercraft
22
without
a
sufficient
number
of
boat
permits.
23
The
bill
provides
that
to
obtain
boat
permits,
the
owner
must
24
submit
an
application
to
the
department
of
natural
resources
25
(DNR)
that
will
include
the
number
of
permits
the
owner
26
requests
to
be
issued
and
other
information
deemed
relevant
by
27
DNR.
The
bill
explains
that
each
permit
issued
authorizes
the
28
owner
to
allow
the
use
of
one
watercraft
at
any
given
time.
29
The
bill
creates
a
committee
that
determines
the
number
of
30
permits
to
be
allocated
and
then
allocates
those
permits
to
31
applicants.
The
committee
may
also
recommend
rules
for
the
32
safety
of
rental
boat
users
and
other
boaters
on
the
lakes.
33
The
permits
issued
are
valid
for
two
years,
though
they
may
be
34
revoked
at
the
discretion
of
the
committee.
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The
bill
requires
the
committee
to
meet
annually
to
review
1
the
number
of
permits
in
use,
new
permit
requests,
and
existing
2
rules;
however,
the
committee
may
choose
to
call
additional
3
meetings
at
the
committee’s
discretion.
4
The
bill
requires
the
natural
resource
commission
to
adopt
5
and
DNR
to
enforce
rules
pursuant
to
the
bill
and
decisions
6
made
by
the
committee.
7
The
bill
expounds
that
watercraft
registered
in
a
different
8
state,
but
used
in
waters
regulated
under
the
bill,
are
subject
9
to
the
requirements
of
this
section.
10
The
bill
applies
retroactively
to
the
rental,
lease,
or
11
other
allowance
of
use
by
the
owner
of
a
boat
livery
of
any
12
watercraft
on
the
specified
lakes
on
and
after
January
1,
2025.
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