Montgomery, AL – A Montgomery County judge has upheld an Alabama law banning high-speed cigarette boats and restricting large house boats on three popular Alabama lakes.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Johnny Hardwick ruled Tuesday that the boat ban was constitutional. The ban was passed by the Legislature in 2006. It banned some boats from three Alabama Power Co. lakes: Martin, Weiss and Harris, which is also known as Lake Wedowee.
Opponents of the law challenged it in Montgomery County Circuit Court. They argued that the law was unconstitutionally vague, but the judge disagreed.
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