RSB/4/18
Sponsored by Chad Emelio Alden of Beech High School
This legislation was filed in the Transportation category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH LEGISLATURE |
| 2 | Section 1: Terms in this act are defined as follows: |
| 3 | a) Reinstate - To establish something that has been closed or shut down |
| 4 | b) Infant - Anyone below the age of 2 |
| 5 | c) Child - Anyone between the ages of 2 - 11 |
| 6 | d) Adult - Anyone between the ages of 12 - 54 |
| 7 | e) Senior - Anyone above the age of 54 |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Section 2: The state of Tennessee to reinstate the Historic Old Hickory Ferry to improve traffic |
| 10 | control, provide spaces for small businesses, create jobs, and |
| 11 | provides a new destination for Tennesseans and tourists alike. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Section 3: The Ferry itself will be government-owned. For the small businesses |
| 14 | that will be allowed in the area, they cannot be any company that is not |
| 15 | Tourism, environmental, or child-friendly. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Section 4: The Ferry needs to be able to make multiple trips a day without |
| 18 | faults and the team will make sure everything will go smoothly while also |
| 19 | making sure that the guests are satisfied with the service. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Section 5: To get on the Ferry everyone has to buy a ticket. For Infants, the |
| 22 | tickets will be $2.00. For a Child, the ticket will be $4.00. For an Adult, the tickets will be $7.00. |
| 23 | For a Senior, the ticket will cost $6.00. For an Adult who wants to bring a vehicle on the Ferry, |
| 24 | there will be an additional charge that will be $88.00. For Seniors who want to bring a vehicle on |
| 25 | the ferry, they will have a |
| 26 | charge of $67.00. The bar and food stop on the ferry will have a menu that has |
| 27 | a variety of items that will range up from $11.99 - $32.99. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Section 6: Any guest who wants to come on board the ferry must have their |
| 30 | ticket on hand or an Electronic ticket. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Section 7: If a guest is not willing to be peaceful or not follow directions that |
| 33 | the staff have stated and are not listening to any verbal warning they will be |
| 34 | fined $125 and removed from the boat. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Section 8: This bill will have a one-time initial cost from the Department of Transportation of |
| 37 | $3.345 million dollars and will have annual costs of $500,000 for maintenance and wages. |
| 38 | Section 9: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
| 39 | Section 10: This act will take effect on January 1st, 2025. |
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