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2010 SESSION
SB 217 Motorboat; a locality may, by ordinance, impose annual registration fee.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Local boat and watercraft registration fees. Permits a locality, beginning January 1, 2011, to impose by ordinance a registration fee on recreational boats or watercraft. The registration fee may not be imposed any more frequently than every three years. Any tangible personal property tax imposed on motorboat will be credited against the registration fee. For purposes of the amount of the fee (i) privately owned pleasure motorboats (a) under 18 feet and weighing less than five tons and (b) used for recreational purposes only, (ii) all other privately owned pleasure motorboats under 18 feet and weighing less than five tons, (iii) motorboats 18 feet or over and weighing less than five tons, and (iv) motorboats weighing five tons or more shall be separate classifications of property. The local ordinance may require decals be displayed on the motorboats indicating the last month and year the registration is valid.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100363D pdf | impact statements
- 01/26/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104630D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100363D
- 01/12/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/26/10 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104630D-S1
- 01/27/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/10 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/10 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/10 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104630D-S1
- 01/28/10 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB217S1
- 01/29/10 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/10 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/10 House: Read first time
- 02/08/10 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/24/10 House: Assigned ACNRsub: #3 Chesapeake
- 02/25/10 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 03/14/10 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources