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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5689
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4565
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MAN UAL FOR THE
SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL PIERS AND DOCKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of 1
Energy and Environmental Protection, within available resources, shall 2
develop a guidance manual for the design and construction of 3
recreational docks and piers. Such manual shall include, but not be 4
limited to, resilience criteria and standards for such docks and piers 5
that are intended to prevent or minimize future hazards to life and 6
property within the coastal jurisdictional boundary. In developing 7
such criteria and standards, the commissioner shall consider the effect 8
of severe weather events and evaluate the use of nonfouling plastic 9
lumber for such construction. 10
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To better provide for safe residential docks and piers in the state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. SLAP, 19th Dist.
H.B. 5689