Bill Text: CT HB05142 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5142 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Minimum Age For Obtaining A Safe Boating Certificate Or A Certificate Of Personal Watercraft Operation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [HB05142 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05142-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5142*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 137
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BUCK-TAYLOR, 67^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM AGE FOR OBTAINING A SAFE BOATING CERTIFICATE OR A CERTIFICATE OF PERSONAL WATERCRAFT OPERATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 15-140e and 15-140j of the general statutes be amended to provide that a person shall be sixteen years of age in order to obtain either a safe boating certificate or a certificate of personal watercraft operation.

Statement of Purpose:

To raise the minimum age to obtain a boating license.