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2003 SESSION

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HB 1526 Personal watercraft; local ordinances; penalty.

Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Personal watercraft; local ordinances; penalty. Allows the City of Virginia Beach, by population bracket, to enact ordinances establishing minimum distances from the shoreline that personal watercraft may be operated in excess of the slowest possible speed required to maintain steerage and headway. Such distances shall be at 100 feet from the shoreline and 200 feet from swimmers in ocean waters. The bill provides for local enforcement and penalties not to exceed Class 4 misdemeanors.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/19/02 036577896  pdf | impact statement
• 01/22/03  House: Committee substitute printed 033394896-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1526ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/20/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/19/02 036577896
• 01/08/03  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/22/03  House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/03  House: Committee substitute printed 033394896-H1
• 01/23/03  House: Read first time
• 01/24/03  House: Read second time
• 01/24/03  House: Committee substitute agreed to 033394896-H1
• 01/24/03  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 033394896-H1
• 01/27/03  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/03  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/28/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/28/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/10/03  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/03  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: Read third time
• 02/12/03  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1526ER)
• 02/26/03  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/20/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)