Bill Text: NH SB317 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to towable devices permitted to be towed by a motorboat.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-07 - Senate Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2012; Chapter 0168; Effective 06/07/2012 [SB317 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2012-SB317-Introduced.html
SB 317 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
03/01
SENATE BILL 317
AN ACT relative to towable devices permitted to be towed by a motorboat.
SPONSORS: Sen. Luther, Dist 12; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Lambert, Dist�13; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 5; Rep. Flanagan, Hills 5; Rep. Seidel, Hills 20
This bill allows up to 6 persons to be towed on a towable tube by a motorboat.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2980
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to towable devices permitted to be towed by a motorboat.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motorboat Towing. Amend RSA 270-D:3, III to read as follows:
III. No more than 6 persons may be towed on a towable tube and no more than 2 persons may be towed on water skis, aquaplanes, or other devices from the same motorboat at the same time. When 2 or more persons are being towed, 2 observers, in addition to the operator, shall be in the towing vessel. Such observers shall be 13 years of age or older. Notwithstanding this paragraph, more than 2 skiers may be towed if a special permit is issued by the director.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.
