SB 55 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOATING SEASON FOR WYASSUP LAKE IN NORTH STONINGTON.

Substitute Senate GeneralBill Assembly File No.

87355 JanuaryPublic Session,Act 2025 Substitute Senate Bill No.

5525-45 Senate,AN MayACT 12,CONCERNING 2025THE TheBOATING CommitteeSEASON onFOR AppropriationsWYASSUP reportedLAKE throughIN SEN.NORTH STONINGTON.

OSTEN of the 19th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOATING SEASON FOR WYASSUP LAKE IN NORTH STONINGTON.

(NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the period of time for operation of watercraftmotorboats on Wyassup Lake, in the town of North Stonington, shall be from the Saturday prior to Memorial Day to theSeptember Saturdayfifteenth. after Labor Day weekend.

ThisGovernor's actAction: shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

SectionApproved 1June from10, passage2025 New section ENV Joint Favorable Subst.

C/R APP APP Joint Favorable Subst.

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873 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $ Resources of the General Fund GF – Potential Minimal Minimal Revenue Gain Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation ThebillmodifiesthedatesforoperatingwatercraftonWyassupLake.

To the extent this results in additional violations there could be a potential revenue increase to the resources of the General Fund, any revenue change in anticipated to be minimal.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to the number of violations.

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873 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 55 AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOATING SEASON FOR WYASSUP LAKE IN NORTH STONINGTON.

SUMMARY This bill sets the boating season on Wyassup Lake in North Stonington.

Specifically, it requires, regardless of any other state statutes, that Wyassup Lake be open to operating watercraft from the Saturday before Memorial Day to the Saturday after Labor Day weekend.

This would appear to preclude operating any watercraft (i.e.

all vessels, including paddlecraft) on the lake for the remainder of the year.

Current state law does not establish a specific boating season for Wyassup Lake, but regulations limit operating a vessel towing a water skier to between June 15 to the Sunday after Labor Day on the lake, and prohibit operating a vesseltowing awater skier betweentheislands and the east shore of the lake (Conn.

Agencies Regs., § 15-121-B16).

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Upon passage COMMITTEE ACTION Environment Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference - APP Yea 33 Nay 0 (03/14/2025) Appropriations Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 54 Nay 0 (04/24/2025) sSB55 / File No.

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