306.903. Abandonment of boat dock, penalty--retrieval and disposal--identifying information on dock required, when, penalty.
Abandonment of boat dock, penalty--retrieval and disposal--identifyinginformation on dock required, when, penalty.
306.903. 1. Any person who abandons a boat dock and permits it tofloat freely without being moored upon lakes having at least nine hundredfifty miles of aggregate shoreline is guilty of an infraction, the penaltyfor which shall be a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more thanone hundred dollars.
2. Any person who abandons a boat dock shall be responsible for theretrieval and disposal of such boat dock. Any person who violatessubsection 1 of this section and who does not properly retrieve and disposeof such abandoned boat dock shall, upon a plea of guilty or a finding ofguilt for such an offense, be ordered to reimburse the appropriate lawenforcement agency, including the state water patrol, for the costsassociated with the retrieval and disposal of the abandoned boat dock. Thelaw enforcement agency may establish a schedule of such costs. However,the court may reduce the costs if it determines that the costs areexcessive.
3. The state water patrol may accept gifts, grants, in-kind servicesand appropriations, and may enter into contracts with private or publicentities for the enforcement and administration of this section.
4. Beginning January 1, 2010, any person owning a boat dock on lakeshaving at least nine hundred fifty miles of shoreline and lakes constructedor maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers except bodies ofwater owned by a person, corporation, association, partnership,municipality or other political subdivision, public water supplyimpoundments, and except drainage ditches construction by a drainagedistrict, but not to include any body of water which has been leased to orowned by the state department of conservation shall display identifyinginformation on the dock, including but not limited to, a permit numberissued to the owner by an entity having authority to issue suchidentification or permit number and the appropriate 911 address or in theabsence of a 911 system, the physical address nearest to the dock by land.Any person owning a boat dock on lakes having at least nine hundred fiftymiles of aggregate shoreline who violates this subsection may be guilty ofan infraction, the penalty for which shall not exceed twenty-five dollars.
(L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379, A.L. 2009 H.B. 103)