Bill Text: NY A10361 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends effectiveness of provisions relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-10-01 - signed chap.303 [A10361 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10361-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          10361
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 17, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
        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  extending  the
          effectiveness thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending  the
     2  navigation  law  and  the state finance law relating to the operation of
     3  personal watercraft and specialty  prop-craft, as amended by chapter 136
     4  of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
     6  of this act shall take effect January 1, 2000 and  shall  apply  to  all
     7  operators born on or after January 1, 2000 and shall apply to all opera-
     8  tors  born  on  or  after January 1, 1981, provided further on and after
     9  January 1, 2001 and before January 1, 2002 such section shall  apply  to
    10  all operators born on or after January 1, 1978; provided further that on
    11  and  after January 1, 2002 and before January 1, 2003 such section shall
    12  apply to all operators born  on  or  after  January  1,  1975;  provided
    13  further  that  on  and  after January 1, 2003 and before January 1, 2004
    14  such section shall apply to all operators born on or  after  January  1,
    15  1972,  and  provided  further that on and after January 1, 2004 it shall
    16  apply to all operators; and provided further that section five  of  this
    17  act  shall  expire and be deemed repealed January 1, [2019] 2021. Upon a
    18  finding that courses do not exist in sufficient numbers  to  enable  the
    19  operators  of personal watercraft to earn boating safety certificates in
    20  a timely fashion as required by subdivision 1-a of  section  49  of  the
    21  navigation law, as added by section two of this act, the commissioner of
    22  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation is authorized by rule or
    23  regulation to modify the dates provided in this section.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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