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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 641
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 4748
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR A BOAT WASHING
STATION AT GARDNER LAKE IN THE TOWN OF SALEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2025) The Department of Energy and 1
Environmental Protection shall establish a two-year pilot program for a 2
boat washing station at Gardner Lake in the town of Salem. In addition 3
to any other structure or equipment, such station shall display one or 4
more signs that indicate the proper method for the removal of plant 5
material from the prop, hull and motor of a boat. Following such two-6
year period, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection 7
shall assess the need for and viability of continuing such boat washing 8
station at said lake. If the commissioner's assessment determines that 9
cost or utilization issues no longer make such boat washing station 10
viable at said lake, the commissioner shall identify an alternate nearby 11
location to host such a boat washing station and post signs at said lake 12
indicating such alternate location. 13
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce invasive plants carried on the hull, prop and motor of boats
in Gardner Lake in the town of Salem.
[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: SEN. MARX, 20th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
REP. GAUTHIER, 38th Dist.; REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
REP. MENAPACE, 37th Dist.
S.B. 641