Assembly Bill A8062

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the wearing of flotation devices when underway on pleasure vessels less than twenty-one feet

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  • 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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2019-A8062 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §40, Nav L

2019-A8062 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the wearing of flotation devices when underway on pleasure vessels less than twenty-one feet.

2019-A8062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8062
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  navigation  law,  in relation to the wearing of
   personal flotation devices when underway on pleasure vessels less than
   twenty-one feet

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 40 of the naviga-
 tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 115 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (e) No owner or operator of a pleasure  vessel  less  than  twenty-one
 feet, including rowboats, canoes, and kayaks shall permit its operation,
 [between November first and May first,] unless each person on board such
 vessel is wearing a securely fastened United States Coast Guard approved
 wearable  personal  flotation  device  of  an appropriate size when such
 vessel is underway.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11816-02-9

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