Assembly Bill A4431

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A4431 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
State Finance
Laws Affected:
Amd §8, Chap 138 of 1998
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9978
2023-2024: A10333

2025-A4431 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft.

2025-A4431 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4431
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the navigation
   law and the state finance law relating to the  operation  of  personal
   watercraft  and specialty prop-craft, in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 8 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the
 navigation law and the state finance law relating to  the  operation  of
 personal  watercraft and specialty prop-craft, as amended by chapter 191
 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2000 and  shall  apply  to  all
 operators born on or after January 1, 2000 and shall apply to all opera-
 tors  born  on  or  after January 1, 1981, provided further on and after
 January 1, 2001 and before January 1, 2002 such section shall  apply  to
 all operators born on or after January 1, 1978; provided further that on
 and  after January 1, 2002 and before January 1, 2003 such section shall
 apply to all operators born  on  or  after  January  1,  1975;  provided
 further  that  on  and  after January 1, 2003 and before January 1, 2004
 such section shall apply to all operators born on or  after  January  1,
 1972,  and  provided  further that on and after January 1, 2004 it shall
 apply to all operators; and provided further that section five  of  this
 act  shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, [2027] 2029.  Upon a
 finding that courses do not exist in sufficient numbers  to  enable  the
 operators  of personal watercraft to earn boating safety certificates in
 a timely fashion as required by subdivision 1-a of  section  49  of  the
 navigation law, as added by section two of this act, the commissioner of
 parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation is authorized by rule or
 regulation to modify the dates provided in this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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