Kentucky Senate Bill 188 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-10 - to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
Pending: Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 235.285 to require that beginning on July 1, 2021, persons born on or after January 1, 1975, carry a Kentucky safe boating certification card or equivalent documentation from another state or the federal government when they are operating a personal watercraft or motorboat of any horsepower as proof that they have completed a boater safety course; provide that from July 1, 2021, until June 30, 2022, the only penalty for not carrying the safe boating certification card will be a courtesy notice and to be advised of how to comply with the safe boating certification requirement; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to provide safe boating certificate temporary exemptions that last no longer than 14 days from when they are issued if certain requirements are met; amend KRS 235.990 to provide that in addition to other penalties, a boater shall be required to complete a safe boating certification course for violation of safe boating certification requirements; allow for both monetary and imprisonment penalties to apply for offenses relating to reckless or negligent boating or boating under the influence; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.

AN ACT relating to boater safety.

Sen. Paul Hornback [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-10	Senate	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2021-02-09	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-02-09	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb188.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb188/orig_bill.pdf