{
    "name": "Lily Lake",
    "slug": "lily-lake-luzerne-county",
    "url": "https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/lily-lake-luzerne-county/",
    "counties": [
        "Luzerne"
    ],
    "motor_class": "hp_limit",
    "verdict": "Check official text",
    "hp_max": 60,
    "kw_max_ours": 44.7000000000000028421709430404007434844970703125,
    "kw_note": "≈ 44.7 kW, our conversion (hp × 0.7457)",
    "pwc": "prohibited",
    "pwc_label": "PWCs not allowed",
    "electric_slow_no_wake": false,
    "state": "ok",
    "sources_differ": "Sources differ. Chapter 111 (§111.40(a)) sets Lily Lake's own limits: no boats with engines over 60 horsepower or longer than 20 feet, and a buoyed high-speed zone at set times. PFBC's Lily Lake page repeats those limits. But §53.8(a) says internal-combustion engines may not be used on Commission lakes, and PFBC's page says the lake is managed by the Commission. Read both official texts and the signs at the lake before launching with a gas motor.",
    "cross_border": null,
    "acres": 161,
    "acres_source": "PFBC Lakes Point 202411, AreaAcres",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
    "official_text_rechecked": "2026-11-01",
    "answer": "Sources differ on motor rules for Lily Lake. Read the official texts and the posted signs before launching with a motor. Sources: 58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(1); 58 Pa. Code §53.8(a). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#1",
            "kind": "hp",
            "summary": "Boats with engines over 60 hp are not allowed on the lake.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.40(a)(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.40.html",
            "quote": "Boats with greater than 60 horsepower engines or greater than 20 feet in length are prohibited.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": 60,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#2",
            "kind": "boat_type_ban",
            "summary": "Boats longer than 20 feet are not allowed.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.40(a)(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.40.html",
            "quote": "Boats with greater than 60 horsepower engines or greater than 20 feet in length are prohibited.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#3",
            "kind": "slow_no_wake_zone",
            "summary": "Slow, no-wake everywhere except the buoyed high-speed zone, which is open noon to sunset, Saturday before Memorial Day to September 30.",
            "conditions": {
                "time": "between noon and sunset",
                "season_from": "Saturday preceding Memorial Day",
                "season_to": "September 30",
                "zone": "outside the buoyed high speed operating zone"
            },
            "locator": "§111.40(a)(2)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(2)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.40.html",
            "quote": "Boats are limited to slow, no wake speed except those operating within the buoyed high speed operating zone, between noon and sunset between the Saturday preceding Memorial Day and September 30.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#4",
            "kind": "motor",
            "summary": "On Fish and Boat Commission lakes no gas engine may run, even just to charge or power an electric motor.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html",
            "quote": "An internal combustion engine may not be used to propel a boat or to provide energy to the motor on Commission lakes.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#5",
            "kind": "speed_limit",
            "summary": "Electric-powered boats: slow, no-wake speed only.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html",
            "quote": "Boats propelled by battery-powered electric motors shall not be operated at greater than slow no wake speed.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#6",
            "kind": "other",
            "summary": "Electric and unpowered boats may be used with a gas engine attached, as long as it is not run.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html",
            "quote": "Boats propelled by battery-powered electric motors and nonmechanically propelled boats, subject to restrictions on sailboats and inflatables, may be used either with or without internal combustion engines attached.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#7",
            "kind": "hp",
            "summary": "The limit counts electric motors too. A boat with a bigger motor may still launch, but that motor may not be used.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §107.1",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §107.1",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter107/s107.1.html",
            "quote": "On waters where horsepower limitations are prescribed, as set forth in Chapter 111 (relating to special regulations counties), horsepower limitations apply to both internal combustion motors and electric motors. Boats with motors larger than the maximum horsepower shall be permitted but the motors may not be used.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": true,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#8",
            "kind": "hp",
            "summary": "The limit applies to electric motors too: no electric motor above 60 hp or its kilowatt equivalent (about 44.7 kW, our conversion).",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §107.2(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §107.2(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter107/s107.2.html",
            "quote": "On waters where horsepower limitations are prescribed in Chapter 111, electric motors in excess of maximum horsepower limitations or equivalent kilowatt ratings shall not be used.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": true,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "lily-lake#9",
            "kind": "pwc",
            "summary": "Personal watercraft use internal-combustion engines, which may not run on Commission lakes, so PWCs can't be used here.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1) with §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1) with §53.8(a)",
            "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": [
        {
            "name": "Lily Lake",
            "lat": 41.13832000000000022055246517993509769439697265625,
            "lon": -76.0835900000000009413270163349807262420654296875,
            "paved_ramp": true,
            "trailer_parking": true,
            "dock": true,
            "ada": null,
            "fee": false,
            "source_file": "Access20260827"
        }
    ],
    "access_data_as_of": "20260827",
    "agency_ramp_notes": [
        {
            "source_id": "pfbc-lake-lily-lake",
            "quote": "One launch ramp is available along with associated parking facilities."
        }
    ],
    "license": "Rule summaries CC BY 4.0; ramp data PFBC",
    "disclaimer": "Summaries, not legal advice. The official text and posted signs control."
}