{
    "name": "Lake Williams",
    "slug": "lake-williams",
    "url": "https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/lake-williams/",
    "counties": [
        "York"
    ],
    "motor_class": "electric_only",
    "verdict": "Electric motors only",
    "hp_max": null,
    "kw_max_ours": null,
    "kw_note": null,
    "pwc": "prohibited",
    "pwc_label": "PWCs not allowed",
    "electric_slow_no_wake": false,
    "state": "ok",
    "sources_differ": null,
    "cross_border": null,
    "acres": 220,
    "acres_source": "PFBC Lakes Point 202411, AreaAcres",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
    "official_text_rechecked": "2026-11-01",
    "answer": "Gas (internal-combustion) motors may not be run on Lake Williams; electric motors are allowed. Personal watercraft aren't allowed. Source: 58 Pa. Code §111.67(c)(1). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "id": "lake-williams#1",
            "kind": "motor",
            "summary": "Gas motors may not be run; electric and unpowered boats may be used, even with a gas motor attached.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.67(c)(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.67(c)(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.67.html",
            "quote": "The operation of internal combustion motors is prohibited, but boats propelled by electric motors and nonmechanically propelled boats may be used either with or without internal combustion motors attached.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lake-williams#2",
            "kind": "towing",
            "summary": "No towing of anything except trolling devices.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.67(c)(2)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.67(c)(2)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.67.html",
            "quote": "The towing of a device other than devices used in trolling for fish is prohibited.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lake-williams#3",
            "kind": "boat_type_ban",
            "summary": "Pontoon boats and surfboards (except for rescue) are not allowed.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.67(c)(3)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.67(c)(3)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.67.html",
            "quote": "(iv) Surfboards, except for rescue purposes. (v) Pontoon boats.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lake-williams#4",
            "kind": "boat_type_ban",
            "summary": "No novelty craft, no craft not built for transportation, and inflatables only if 7 feet or longer with two or more air chambers.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.67(c)(3)(i)-(iii)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.67(c)(3)(i)-(iii)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.67.html",
            "quote": "(i) Inflatable boats except those which are at least 7 feet in length, made of durable, reinforced fabric and have at least two separate buoyancy chambers exclusive of any inflatable floor or bottom. (ii) Novelty type craft. (iii) Watercraft not constructed or sold for the primary purpose of being used as a means of transportation on the water.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lake-williams#5",
            "kind": "other",
            "summary": "No boating within 100 feet of the dams, or in the backwaters from the buoy markers to the base of Lake Redman.",
            "conditions": {
                "zone": "within 100 feet of dams; backwaters from the buoy markers to the base of Lake Redman"
            },
            "locator": "§111.67(c)(4)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.67(c)(4)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.67.html",
            "quote": "The operation of watercraft is prohibited within 100 feet of dams and in the extreme backwaters of Lake Williams from the buoy markers to the base of Lake Redman.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lake-williams#6",
            "kind": "pwc",
            "summary": "A personal watercraft is defined by its internal-combustion engine, so PWCs can't be used where those engines are banned.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter109/s109.3.html",
            "quote": "(1) Uses an internal combustion motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive propulsion.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": true,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        }
    ],
    "lake_specific_statewide_rules": [],
    "ramps": [],
    "access_data_as_of": "20260827",
    "agency_ramp_notes": [],
    "license": "Rule summaries CC BY 4.0; ramp data PFBC",
    "disclaimer": "Summaries, not legal advice. The official text and posted signs control."
}