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Assembly Bill A5478

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires anyone convicted of a watercraft-related alcohol-related offense to complete a boating safety course

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2013-A5478 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง49-b, Nav L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5510
2011-2012: A4614
2015-2016: A2252
2017-2018: A2466
2019-2020: A3215

2013-A5478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires anyone convicted of a watercraft-related alcohol-related offense to complete a boating safety course.

2013-A5478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5478

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in  relation  to  requiring  certain
  persons  to  complete a boating safety course 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-b of the navigation law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12. BOATING SAFETY COURSE. WHERE A PERSON HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE OPER-
ATED A VESSEL AFTER HAVING CONSUMED ALCOHOL IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION
THE HEARING OFFICER SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ANY  OTHER  PENALTIES  INVOKED
UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  REQUIRE  SUCH PERSON TO COMPLETE A BOATING SAFETY
COURSE OF THE STATE, U.S. POWER SQUADRONS OR U.S. COAST GUARD  AUXILIARY
AND  SHOW  PROOF  OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF SUCH COURSE TO THE HEARING
OFFICER OR TO THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law and shall apply to violations committed on or after
such date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09238-01-3

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