Oliver gives updates on boating bills
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Two boating bills have been proposed for Lake Martin with HB209 passing the House of Representatives.

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Alabama State Rep. Ed Oliver has carried two boating bills this session, HB208 and HB209. 

HB209 is a proximity bill that proposes for wakeboarding to be at least 200 feet away from a dock, pier, shore or stationary boat and “prohibit(s) the operation of a motorboat above idle speed within 100 feet from any shoreline, dock, pier, boathouse or other structure on the same impounded waters of the state,” according to the bill. 

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