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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S1532
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, Ind, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S1532 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Navigation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง49 & 78, Nav L
2009-S1532 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1532 REVISED 03/23/09 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to requiring all persons operating a mechanically propelled vessel to be a holder of a boating safety certificate PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To mandate boating safety certification requirements for the operation of vessels mechanically operated on navigable waters in New York State. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Subdivisions 1 and 3 of Section 49 of the Navigation Law, as amended by Chapter 805 of the Laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows: No person shall operate a mechanically propelled vessel on the navigable waters of the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties unless such person is the holder of a Boating Safety Certificate issued to him or her by the commissioner, the United States Power Squadrons, or the united States Coast Guard Auxiliary. No person who is the owner of a mechanically propelled vessel shall knowingly authorize or permit the operation of his or her vessel in the navigable waters of the state or any tidewaters bordering on or
2009-S1532 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1532 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to requiring all persons operating a mechanically propelled vessel to be a holder of a boating safety certificate THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 49 of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 805 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows: 1. (A) No person [under the age of eighteen years] shall operate a mechanically propelled vessel on the navigable waters of the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties, unless[: a. the operator is accompanied therein by a person who is eighteen years of age or older, or, b. the operator is ten years of age or older and] SUCH PERSON is the holder of a boating safety certificate issued to him OR HER by the commissioner, the United States Power Squadrons or the United States coast guard auxiliary. (B) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PERSONS: CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS BOATING SAFETY INSTRUCTORS; MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS; MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY; HOLDERS OF PUBLIC VESSEL LICENSES PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE; POLICE OFFICERS ACTING PURSUANT TO ASSIGNED DUTIES; PEACE OFFICERS ACTING PURSUANT TO ASSIGNED DUTIES; LIFEGUARDS ACTING PURSUANT TO ASSIGNED DUTIES; FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL ACTING PURSUANT TO ASSIGNED DUTIES; AND PERSONS LICENSED TO OPERATE VESSELS BY THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD OR THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD. THE COMMIS- SIONER BY RULE AND REGULATION MAY PROVIDE FOR THE EXEMPTION OF ADDI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01703-01-9
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