Bill Text: NY A05510 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to requiring certain persons to obtain a boating safety certificate prior to operating water craft

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to transportation [A05510 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05510-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5510
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ALFANO -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in  relation  to  requiring  certain
         persons  to  obtain  a  boating  safety certificate prior to operating
         water craft
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 49-a of the navigation law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
    3    5-A. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  CONTAINED  WITHIN
    4  SUBDIVISION TWO, THREE OR FOUR OF THIS SECTION SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO
    5  SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN A BOATING SAFETY CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO HIM OR HER BY
    6  THE COMMISSIONER, THE UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS OR THE UNITED STATES
    7  COAST GUARD AUXILIARY PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE TO OPERATE A VESSEL.
    8    S 2. Subdivision 9 of section 49-b of the navigation law is amended by
    9  adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   10    (D)  A  PERSON  WHO IS SUBJECT TO A SUSPENSION OF OPERATING PRIVILEGES
   11  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO  SUCCESSFULLY
   12  OBTAIN  A BOATING SAFETY CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO HIM OR HER BY THE COMMIS-
   13  SIONER, THE UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS OR  THE  UNITED  STATES  COAST
   14  GUARD AUXILIARY PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE TO OPERATE A VESSEL.
   15    S 3. 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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