Senate Bill S1639A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires boating safety certificates of all persons operating a mechanically propelled vessel; repealer

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  • 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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2013-S1639 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3471
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§49, 75, 78, 79 & 71-d, rpld §49 sub 3 ¶¶a - c, Nav L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5752, A5889
2011-2012: S6633, A3550

2013-S1639 - Summary

Requires boating safety certificates of all persons operating a mechanically propelled vessel.

2013-S1639 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1639 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1639

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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;  and  to  repeal  certain  provisions of such law
  relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  49 of the navigation law, as
amended by chapter 805 of the laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  No person [under the age of eighteen years] BORN ON OR AFTER JANU-
ARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE  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  coun-
ties, 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 is the  holder  of  a
boating safety certificate issued to him by the commissioner, the United
States  Power Squadrons or the United States coast guard auxiliary.] THE
OPERATOR IS AT LEAST TEN YEARS OLD AND 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; OR
  B. THE OPERATOR IS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND IS ACCOMPA-
NIED  ON THE MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VESSEL BY AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS
AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND IS
  (I) 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, OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2013-S1639A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3471
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§49, 75, 78, 79 & 71-d, rpld §49 sub 3 ¶¶a - c, Nav L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5752, A5889
2011-2012: S6633, A3550

2013-S1639A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires boating safety certificates of all persons operating a mechanically propelled vessel.

2013-S1639A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1639A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1639--A
    Cal. No. 681

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
  favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
  its place in the order of third reading

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;  and  to  repeal  certain  provisions of such law
  relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  49 of the navigation law, as
amended by chapter 805 of the laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  No  person  [under the age of eighteen years] BORN ON OR AFTER MAY
FIRST,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-SIX  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  coun-
ties, 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 is the  holder  of  a
boating safety certificate issued to him by the commissioner, the United
States  Power Squadrons or the United States coast guard auxiliary.] THE
OPERATOR IS AT LEAST TEN YEARS OLD AND 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; OR
  B. THE OPERATOR IS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND IS ACCOMPA-
NIED  ON THE MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VESSEL BY AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS
AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND IS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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