General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5810
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2133
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist. SEN. LEBEAU, 3rd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5810
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2133
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.
SEN. LEBEAU, 3rd Dist.
AN ACT LIMITING THE APPLICABILITY OF SLOW, NO-WAKE ZONES IN THE HARTFORD AREA OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to authorize vessels less than twenty-two feet in length to travel at greater than slow, no-wake speeds or twenty miles per hour on weekdays and thirty miles per hour on weekends when approaching, passing and being within seventy-five feet of any wharf, pier or dock in the city of Hartford between the railroad bridge north of Bulkeley Bridge over the Connecticut River and the southern limits of Hartford. Also, to redefine the term "pier" to exclude bridge abutments that are in a waterway.
Statement of Purpose:
To create consistency between the laws and regulations that exist for vessels that travel on lakes in this state and vessels that travel on certain portions of the Connecticut River.