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History
- Signed chap.188
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Repassed senate
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Passed senate
- 3rd reading cal.694
- Substituted for S5827
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.661
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- Rules report cal.661
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to codes
- Referred to tourism, arts and sports development
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Relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to the operation of a leased craft without a boating safety certificate
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor José M. Serrano
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A8660
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amend- ing the navigation law and the state finance law relating to the opera- tion of personal watercraft and speciality prop-craft, in relation to extending the expiration and repeal of provisions authorizing the opera- tion of certain leased craft without a boating safety certificate
Purpose or general idea of the bill
To establish an expiration of provisions of Navigation Law authorizing the operation of certain leased personal watercraft without a boating safety certificate.
Summary of provisions
Section 8 of 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, as amended by Chapter 361 of the Laws of 2007 is amended to provide that section five of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2012.
Justification
Section 5(f) of Chapter 138 of the Laws of 1998 allows a person over eighteen years of age to operate a personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft without a certificate required pursuant to section forty-nine of such article when such operation is restricted by the operator of a livery, or the livery operator's designated agent, to a specified area, no part of which shall be more than twenty-five hundred feet from the livery location, or, if removed from the livery location, not more than five hundred feet from the livery operator or agent assigned by the livery operator to supervise such operation and such personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft and or the personal flota- tion device of the operator is clearly marked in such a manner as to be distinguishable by the operator of such livery operator's designated agent within the permitted areas of operation. This section of the original law is important so that livery operators are still able to participate in the tourism industry by being able to lease their equip- ment to people vacationing in the area from New York and other states. However, having the law sunset every two years gives the Legislature an opportunity to monitor that such practice continues to be beneficial for the industry and consumer.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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