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1997 SESSION

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HB 2459 Boating safety.

Introduced by: Eric I. Cantor | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Boating safety. Requires operators of personal watercraft (jet skis) to successfully complete a boating safety course offered or authorized by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Anyone who operates a personal watercraft on or after January 1999 without having obtained the training will be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill provides exemptions for nonresidents who have completed a boating safety course offered by another state, individuals operating a boat on waters located on private property, and individuals assisting in an emergency. The Department is authorized to charge a fee to defray the cost of providing the course.

FULL TEXT

• 01/20/97  House: Presented & ordered printed 973447146  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/20/97  House: Presented & ordered printed 973447146
• 01/20/97  House: Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/04/97  House: No action taken by Conservation and Natural Resources by voice vote