Location: House Committee on Transportation
Last Recorded Action: House 1/18/2023 – Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Transportation
Sponsor(s): Rep. Katherine Sims Additional Sponsors Rep. Katherine “Kari” Dolan Rep. Tristan Roberts Rep. Lawrence Satcowitz Rep. Amy Sheldon Rep. Joseph “Chip” Troiano
Subject: Vermont Use of Public Waters Rules; oligotrophic lakes; wake boats; municipalities; aquatic invasive species
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to allow the municipality or municipalities surrounding an oligotrophic lake to prohibit the use of wake boats on the oligotrophic lake and to create a modified process for the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, to amend the Vermont Use of Public Waters Rules when a municipality or municipalities surrounding an oligotrophic lake have prohibited the use of wake boats on the oligotrophic lake.
Read the Bill as Introduced (1 page)
