Bill Text: NY S02903 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires anyone convicted of a watercraft-related alcohol-related offense to complete a boating safety course.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-21 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [S02903 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02903-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2903--C
           Cal. No. 138
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  AVELLA,  GRIFFO,  JOHNSON,  LARKIN,
         RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
         committed  to  the  Committee  on Transportation -- reported favorably
         from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report,
         ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place
         in  the  order of second report -- ordered to a third reading, amended
         and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third read-
         ing -- recommitted to the Committee on  Transportation  in  accordance
         with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,
         ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
         by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,
         restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
         its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in  relation  to  requiring  certain
         persons  to  complete a boating safety course 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-b of the navigation law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
    3    12. BOATING SAFETY COURSE. WHERE A PERSON HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE OPER-
    4  ATED A VESSEL AFTER HAVING CONSUMED ALCOHOL IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION
    5  THE HEARING OFFICER SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ANY  OTHER  PENALTIES  INVOKED
    6  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  REQUIRE  SUCH PERSON TO COMPLETE A BOATING SAFETY
    7  COURSE OF THE STATE, U.S. POWER SQUADRONS OR U.S. COAST GUARD  AUXILIARY
    8  AND  SHOW  PROOF  OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF SUCH COURSE TO THE HEARING
    9  OFFICER OR TO THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   11  have  become  a  law and shall apply to violations committed on or after
   12  such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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