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2012 SESSION
HB 12 Boating; operator of a vessel to report accident to law enforcement, notification to DGIF, penalty.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Reporting boating accident. Requires the operator of a vessel, if he is involved in an accident, to immediately report the accident to law enforcement and to notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. An operator who fails to provide the appropriate notice and report of the accident is subject to a Class 3 misdemeanor. The law-enforcement officer who receives the notice from the vessel's operator is required to immediately report the collision, accident, or other casualty to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
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HISTORY
- 12/02/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100112D
- 12/02/11 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/18/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
- 01/19/12 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/12 House: Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 01/25/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/12 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 01/30/12 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/14/12 House: Left in Courts of Justice