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MT HB930
Bill
Status
Failed
5/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Curtis Schomer
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AI Summary
- Creates a new exception allowing nighttime waterskiing, surfboarding, and similar towing activities between sunset and sunrise if the vessel and person being towed are properly illuminated according to Fish and Wildlife Commission rules
- Maintains existing prohibition on nighttime towing activities unless illumination requirements are met or the activity is part of an authorized professional exhibition, regatta, or race
- Requires the Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules establishing proper illumination standards for nighttime towing operations
- Appropriates $1,000 from the general fund to the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, to develop rules and disseminate information about the new nighttime waterskiing provisions
- Retains existing requirements that towing operators must have an observer present, with operators 12 years old or younger requiring a second person at least 18 years old to serve as observer
Legislative Description
Revise watercraft laws related to nighttime boating and skiing
Appropriations
Last Action
(H) Died in Process
5/20/2025
Committee Referrals
Fish, Wildlife, and Parks3/31/2025
Full Bill Text
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