Senate Bill S2504

2009-2010 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2504 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5510
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§49-a & 49-b, Nav L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2903, A4614
2013-2014: A5478
2015-2016: A2252
2017-2018: A2466
2019-2020: A3215

2009-S2504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-S2504 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2504

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  PADAVAN,  VOLKER  -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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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