Bill Text: NY A10198 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10198 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Extends through January 1, 2015, provisions authorizing the operation of certain leased personal watercraft and prop-craft without a boating safety certificate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - signed chap.166 [A10198 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10198-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10198
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 10, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
       AN  ACT to amend chapter 138 of the laws of 1998 amending the navigation
         law and the state finance law relating to the  operation  of  personal
         watercraft  and  specialty  prop-craft,  in  relation to extending the
         effectiveness thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 8 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the
    2  navigation law and the state finance law relating to  the  operation  of
    3  personal  watercraft and specialty prop-craft, as amended by chapter 301
    4  of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    5    S 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
    6  of this act shall take effect January 1, 2000 and  shall  apply  to  all
    7  operators born on or after January 1, 2000 and shall apply to all opera-
    8  tors  born  on  or  after January 1, 1981, provided further on and after
    9  January 1, 2001 and before January 1, 2002 such section shall  apply  to
   10  all operators born on or after January 1, 1978; provided further that on
   11  and  after January 1, 2002 and before January 1, 2003 such section shall
   12  apply to all operators born  on  or  after  January  1,  1975;  provided
   13  further  that  on  and  after January 1, 2003 and before January 1, 2004
   14  such section shall apply to all operators born on or  after  January  1,
   15  1972,  and  provided  further that on and after January 1, 2004 it shall
   16  apply to all operators; and provided further that section five  of  this
   17  act  shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, [2013] 2015.  Upon a
   18  finding that courses do not exist in sufficient numbers  to  enable  the
   19  operators  of personal watercraft to earn boating safety certificates in
   20  a timely fashion as required by subdivision 1-a of  section  49  of  the
   21  navigation law, as added by section two of this act, the commissioner of
   22  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation is authorized by rule or
   23  regulation to modify the dates provided in this section.
   24    S 2. 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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