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Assembly Bill A5510

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires anyone convicted of a watercraft-related alcohol-related offense to get a boating safety certificate

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2009-A5510 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2504
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง49-a & 49-b, Nav L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4614, S2903
2013-2014: A5478
2015-2016: A2252
2017-2018: A2466
2019-2020: A3215

2009-A5510 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires everyone convicted of a watercraft-related alcohol-related offense to get a boating safety certificate.

2009-A5510 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5510

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ALFANO -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in  relation  to  requiring  certain
  persons  to  obtain  a  boating  safety certificate prior to operating
  water craft

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 49-a of the navigation law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
  5-A. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  CONTAINED  WITHIN
SUBDIVISION TWO, THREE OR FOUR OF THIS SECTION SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO
SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN A BOATING SAFETY CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO HIM OR HER BY
THE COMMISSIONER, THE UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS OR THE UNITED STATES
COAST GUARD AUXILIARY PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE TO OPERATE A VESSEL.
  S 2. Subdivision 9 of section 49-b of the navigation law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D)  A  PERSON  WHO IS SUBJECT TO A SUSPENSION OF OPERATING PRIVILEGES
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  ALSO  BE  REQUIRED  TO  SUCCESSFULLY
OBTAIN  A BOATING SAFETY CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO HIM OR HER BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER, THE UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS OR  THE  UNITED  STATES  COAST
GUARD AUXILIARY PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE TO OPERATE A VESSEL.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09117-01-9

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