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| 5 | 6 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 641 |
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| 6 | 7 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 8 | | LCO No. 4748 |
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| 10 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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| 13 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 15 | | (ENV) |
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| 18 | 19 | | AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR A BOAT WASHING |
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| 19 | 20 | | STATION AT GARDNER LAKE IN THE TOWN OF SALEM. |
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| 20 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 24 | | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2025) The Department of Energy and 1 |
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| 24 | 25 | | Environmental Protection shall establish a two-year pilot program for a 2 |
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| 25 | 26 | | boat washing station at Gardner Lake in the town of Salem. In addition 3 |
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| 26 | 27 | | to any other structure or equipment, such station shall display one or 4 |
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| 27 | 28 | | more signs that indicate the proper method for the removal of plant 5 |
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| 28 | 29 | | material from the prop, hull and motor of a boat. Following such two-6 |
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| 29 | 30 | | year period, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection 7 |
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| 30 | 31 | | shall assess the need for and viability of continuing such boat washing 8 |
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| 31 | 32 | | station at said lake. If the commissioner's assessment determines that 9 |
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| 32 | 33 | | cost or utilization issues no longer make such boat washing station 10 |
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| 33 | 34 | | viable at said lake, the commissioner shall identify an alternate nearby 11 |
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| 34 | 35 | | location to host such a boat washing station and post signs at said lake 12 |
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| 45 | | - | ENV Joint Favorable C/R APP |
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| 47 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 48 | + | To reduce invasive plants carried on the hull, prop and motor of boats |
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| 49 | + | in Gardner Lake in the town of Salem. |
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| 50 | + | |
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| 51 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 52 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 53 | + | underlined.] |
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| 55 | + | Co-Sponsors: SEN. MARX, 20th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. |
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| 56 | + | REP. GAUTHIER, 38th Dist.; REP. RYAN, 139th Dist. |
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| 57 | + | REP. MENAPACE, 37th Dist. |
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| 59 | + | S.B. 641 |
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