ENROLLED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 128
BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department
of Transportation and Development to study the impact of wakeboard boats, wind,
and drawdowns on fishing and properties on False River.
WHEREAS, wakeboard boats, also known as wakeboats, surfboats, or tow boats, are
designed to create a large, specially shaped wake for a wakeboarder to jump the wake from
side to side; and
WHEREAS, wake is the wave a boat generates as it moves through the water, which
disperses an amount of energy based on the boat's speed and the amount of water the boat
displaces; and
WHEREAS, the wake created by a boat may endanger others by rocking, swamping,
or capsizing other boats which may result in passengers thrown off balance or overboard;
and
WHEREAS, the wake created by a boat may cause erosion of shorelines, damaging
important habitat and ecosystems when the distance to shore is not adequate to dissipate the
wakes; and
WHEREAS, just one pass of a wake boat can be damaging to an ecosystem, and
multiple passes in the same area can cause long lasting damage to shorelines, water quality,
and lake bottoms; and
WHEREAS, erosion of shorelines and damage to natural ecosystems could adversely
impact both fishing and properties located on False River.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of
Transportation and Development to study the impact of wakeboard boats, wind, and
drawdowns on fishing and properties on False River.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a written report detailing the results of the study
shall be completed by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Department of
Transportation and Development, jointly, and be submitted to the House Committee on
Natural Resources and Environment, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, the House
Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and the Senate Committee on
Transportation, Highways, and Public Works by the end of the year 2023.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the secretary of the
Department of Transportation and Development.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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