Bill Text: NY A10333 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-28 - substituted by s9250 [A10333 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10333-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10333

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 17, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jones) --
          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 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  366
     4  of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 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, [2025] 2027.  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    § 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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