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Committee adopts amendment removing motor-size cap and banning personal watercraft on an Ogeechee River stretch
Summary
The committee recommitted and amended House Bill 1266 to strike a decades-old 9.9-horsepower limit on a stretch of the Ogeechee River and instead ban personal watercraft (PWCs) in that zone, with law-enforcement craft exempted; the measure passed the committee by voice vote.
Representative Ridley presented House Bill 1266 and an accompanying amendment to modernize a nearly 40-year-old restriction on motor size in a portion of the Ogeechee River. Ridley said the original 9.9-horsepower limit reflected older two-stroke motors, which operate differently than modern four-stroke engines. He told the committee the bill “strikes the language that currently sits in the bill, and we’re…
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