Bill Text: CA AB2102 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: For-hire vessels: organized camps: camp vessels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2102 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2102-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 15, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 12, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Jim Patterson |
February 05, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 759.1 is added to the Harbors and Navigation Code, to read:759.1.
(a) Consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 763, an organized camp that uses a camp vesselSEC. 2.
Section 760 of the Harbors and Navigation Code is amended to read:760.
As used in this article, “for-hire vessel” includes any vessel propelled by machinery carrying more than three passengers for hire, except the following:SEC. 3.
Section 763 is added to the Harbors and Navigation Code, to read:763.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(2)“Vessel operated at an organized camp” means a vessel that is used at an organized camp, unless it meets one or more of the following criteria:
(A)It is an ocean going vessel and under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard.
(B)It exceeds 26 feet in length.
(C)It requires a mate for operation.
(D)It has cooking facilities, toilets, sleeping quarters, or other amenities requiring inspection and certification from the United States Coast Guard or the Division of Boating and Waterways, Department of Parks and Recreation.
(b)A vessel operated by an organized camp shall comply with both of the following requirements:
(1)The vessel shall be operated by a person 18 years of age or older.
(2)The vessel shall not exceed the number of passengers that it was designed to carry.
(c)An organized camp that uses a vessel operated at an organized camp shall comply with Article 2.9 (commencing with Section 759) as if it were a for-hire vessel company.