HLS 23RS-2629 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 128
BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE
WATERWAYS/RIVERS: Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to
study wakeboard boats and their impact on fishing and properties on False River
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study wakeboard
3 boats and their impact on fishing and properties on False River.
4 WHEREAS, wakeboard boats, also known as wakeboats, surfboats, or tow boats, are
5designed to create a large, specially shaped wake for a wakeboarder to jump the wake from
6side to side; and
7 WHEREAS, wake is the wave a boat generates as it moves through the water, which
8disperses an amount of energy based on the boat's speed and the amount of water the boat
9displaces; and
10 WHEREAS, the wake created by a boat may endanger others by rocking, swamping,
11or capsizing other boats which may result in passengers thrown off balance or overboard;
12and
13 WHEREAS, the wake created by a boat may cause erosion of shorelines, damaging
14important habitat and ecosystems when the distance to shore is not adequate to dissipate the
15wakes; and
16 WHEREAS, just one pass of a wake boat can be damaging to an ecosystem, and
17multiple passes in the same area can cause long lasting damage to shorelines, water quality,
18and lake bottoms; and
19 WHEREAS, erosion of shorelines and damage to natural ecosystems could adversely
20impact both fishing and properties located on False River.
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HCR NO. 128
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
2urge and request the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study wakeboard
3boats and their impact on fishing and properties on False River.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a written report of the study completed by the
5department be submitted to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment
6and the speaker of the House of Representatives by the end of the year 2023.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
8secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 128 Original 2023 Regular Session LaCombe
Urges and requests the La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to study wakeboard boats and
their impact on fishing and properties on False River.
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