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Senator · Senate District 45
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History
- Substituted by A8728
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.480
- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
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Extends through January 1, 2017, provisions authorizing the operation of certain leased craft without a boating safety certificate
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Margaret Markey
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6654
Title of bill
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
Purpose
Extends through January 1, 2017, the provisions authorizing the operation of certain leased craft without a boating safety certificate.
Summary of provisions
Section 1- Amends section 8 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1998 amending the navigation law an the state finance law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft, as amended by 166 of the laws of 2012 is amended to provide that section five of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2017.
Existing law
Current law is set to expire on January 1, 2015.
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 personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft and/or the personal flotation 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 equipment to provide 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
2012 Chapter 166
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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