Bill Text: NY S08690 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-08 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08690 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08690-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8690

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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:

     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 303
     4  of the laws of 2018, 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, [2021] 2023. 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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