NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8955

Senate Bill S8955

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9978 - Signed by Governor

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 01, 2022	signed chap.366
Jun 22, 2022	delivered to governor
May 17, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1265 substituted for s8955
May 17, 2022	substituted by a9978
May 16, 2022	advanced to third reading
May 11, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 10, 2022	1st report cal.1265
May 02, 2022	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Votes

- May 17, 2022 - Floor Vote
  A9978
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 17, 2022
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Brouk
      
      Sanders Jr.
  May 10, 2022 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote
  S8955
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote: May 10, 2022
      
      aye (6)
      
      Cooney
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Helming

2021-S8955 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9978
Law Section:: State Finance
Laws Affected:: Amd §8, Chap 138 of 1998
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8955, A9978

2021-S8955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft.

2021-S8955 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8955

SPONSOR: SERRANO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the navigation
law and the state finance law relating to the operation of personal
watercraft and specialty prop-craft, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To establish an expiration of provisions of Navigation Law authorizing
the operation of certain leased personal watercraft without a boating
safety certificate.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 8 of Chapter 138 of the Laws of 1998 amending the Navigation Law
and the State Finance Law relating to the operation of personal water-
craft and specialty prop-craft, as amended by Chapter 169 of the laws of
2021 is amended to provide that section five of the act shall expire and

be deemed repealed January 1, 2025.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Section 5 (f) of Chapter 138 of the Laws of 1998 allows a person over
eighteen years of age to operate a personal watercraft or specialty
prop-craft without a certificate required pursuant to section forty-nine
of such article when such operation is restricted by the operator of a
livery, or the livery operator's designated agent, to a specified area,
no part of which shall be more than twenty-five hundred feet from the
livery location, or, if removed from the livery location, not more than
five hundred feet from the livery operator or agent assigned by the
livery operator to supervise such operation and such personal watercraft
or specialty prop-craft and or the personal flotation device of the
operator is clearly marked in such a manner as to be distinguishable by
the operator of such livery operator's designated agent within the
permitted areas of operation. This section of the original law is impor-
tant so that livery operators are still able to participate in the tour-
ism industry by being able to lease their equipment to people vacation-
ing in the area from New York and other states. However, having the law
sunset every two years gives the Legislature an opportunity to monitor
that such practice continues to be beneficial for t he industry and
consumer.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Previous Extender S.2168 of 2021- Passed Senate 63-0; Chapter 169

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2021-S8955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8955
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- 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 chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the navigation
   law and the state finance law relating to the  operation  of  personal
   watercraft  and specialty prop-craft, in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 8 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the
 navigation law and the state finance law relating to  the  operation  of
 personal  watercraft and specialty prop-craft, as amended by chapter 169
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2000 and  shall  apply  to  all
 operators born on or after January 1, 2000 and shall apply to all opera-
 tors  born  on  or  after January 1, 1981, provided further on and after
 January 1, 2001 and before January 1, 2002 such section shall  apply  to
 all operators born on or after January 1, 1978; provided further that on
 and  after January 1, 2002 and before January 1, 2003 such section shall
 apply to all operators born  on  or  after  January  1,  1975;  provided
 further  that  on  and  after January 1, 2003 and before January 1, 2004
 such section shall apply to all operators born on or  after  January  1,
 1972,  and  provided  further that on and after January 1, 2004 it shall
 apply to all operators; and provided further that section five  of  this
 act  shall  expire and be deemed repealed January 1, [2023] 2025. Upon a
 finding that courses do not exist in sufficient numbers  to  enable  the
 operators  of personal watercraft to earn boating safety certificates in
 a timely fashion as required by subdivision 1-a of  section  49  of  the
 navigation law, as added by section two of this act, the commissioner of
 parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation is authorized by rule or
 regulation to modify the dates provided in this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15506-01-2

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