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Senate Bill S2911

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring people to wear personal flotation devices while on certain vessels

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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2009-S2911 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §40, Nav L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S4420

2009-S2911 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring people to wear personal flotation devices while on certain vessels.

2009-S2911 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2911 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2911

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  FLANAGAN,  DeFRANCISCO  -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural
  Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation

AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to the use  of  personal
  flotation devices

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

  Section 1. The subdivision heading of subdivision 1 of section  40  of
the  navigation  law,  as  amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 1998, is
amended to read as follows:
  [personal] PERSONAL flotation devices.
  S 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 40  of  the  navigation
law,  as  amended by chapter 484 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
as follows:
  (d) No person shall operate a pleasure vessel of Class A, one, two  or
three  as  classified  and  defined in subdivision one of section forty-
three of this article or a rowboat, canoe or kayak nor shall  the  owner
of  such  vessel  while on board such vessel knowingly permit its opera-
tion, unless each person on such vessel [under the  age  of  twelve]  is
wearing  a securely fastened United States Coast Guard approved wearable
personal flotation device of an appropriate size  when  said  vessel  is
underway. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any person
on  such vessel [under the age of twelve] who is within a fully enclosed
cabin.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06718-01-9

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