Bill > SB1725

This bill creates a new offense making it a Class C misdemeanor, a minor criminal offense, for the operator of a recreational vessel, defined as a boat used primarily for non-commercial purposes, to moor it, meaning to secure it with lines or anchors, for more than 14 consecutive days at any single spot along the edge of a reservoir, which is a body of water managed by a federal agency, or within one mile of that edge. It also prohibits establishing temporary moorage within navigation channels of the Tennessee River system, which includes the river and its federally managed tributaries, or arranging mooring lines in a way that obstructs boating access to any part of a reservoir. However, these restrictions do not apply if the vessel has a federal permit for permanent or extended mooring or if it is secured at a marina or similar docking facility.