RI House Bill H5847

[Joe Goodrow]

There is a NEW RI House Bill (H5847) introduced by Reps. Slater, O'Brien, Carnevale, Trillo, and Palangio that specifies people may only use a mooring for three years. Here are some quotes from the bill,

"No mooring shall be awarded to any one person for a period exceeding three (3) years."

"Moorings for all vessels over one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) and above shall be three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per mooring." That's in ADDITION to what you pay your town.

The Harbor Master can rent your mooring if you aren't using it. That can be the mooring that YOU paid for, paid to have installed, and pay to maintain. They can rent it out, but you can't.

"All issued moorings when unused shall be available for temporary rental by the local harbor master at a nightly, weekly, monthly, or seasonal rate, and all monies shall be delivered to the city or town which has jurisdiction over the mooring."

You can see the full text of the bill here:
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext15/housetext15/h5847.htm

This is bad news for boating in RI

Spread the word; write, call or text your state Rep. asking them to defeat this new boater tax.