HB 184 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0048
08/10
HOUSE BILL 184
AN ACT relative to the operation of personal water craft around the marshlands or flats of
the Rye estuary and the New Castle back channel.
SPONSORS: Rep. K. Murray, Rock. 24
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the operation of personal water craft within 300 feet of any marsh land or flat
of the Rye estuary and the New Castle back channel.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 184 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0048
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the operation of personal water craft around the marshlands or flats of
the Rye estuary and the New Castle back channel.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Personal Water Craft. Amend RSA 270:74-c, II to read as follows:
2 II. No person shall operate a personal water craft within 300 feet of any marsh land or flat
3 in the Hampton/Seabrook estuary, within 300 feet of the Rye marsh areas to include Witch
4 Creek, Seavey Creek, Berry's Brook, Parson's Creek, Awcomin Marsh, and Rye Harbor
5 Marsh, or within the New Castle Goat Island Back Channel Mooring Field as defined in
6 rules adopted by the Pease Development Authority Pda 500, or that area marked between
7 Shapleigh Island and Goat Island to Red Nun #4 to the Wentworth Bridge, to include the
8 areas around Pest, Leaches, and Clampit Islands, without regard to tide height. This
9 paragraph shall not apply to water craft operated by police, fire, or other emergency
10 services.
11 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 270:74-c
Ought to Pass: 270:74-c
latest version: 270:74-c