Bill Text: TX SB210 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the use of emergency engine cutoff switches on motorboats.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Left pending in committee [SB210 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB210-Introduced.html
  86R3566 AAF-D
 
  By: Campbell S.B. No. 210
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of emergency engine cutoff switches on
  motorboats.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife
  Code, is amended by adding Section 31.1071 to read as follows:
         Sec. 31.1071.  OPERATION OF MOTORBOAT WITH EMERGENCY ENGINE
  CUTOFF SWITCH. (a)  In this section, "engine cutoff switch" means
  an emergency switch installed on a motorboat that:
               (1)  is designed to shut off the engine if:
                     (A)  the motorboat operator using a lanyard
  attachment activates the switch by falling overboard or otherwise
  moving beyond the length of the lanyard; or
                     (B)  the motorboat operator or a passenger using a
  wireless attachment activates the switch by falling overboard and
  submerging a man-overboard transmitter; and
               (2)  attaches:
                     (A)  physically to the motorboat operator through
  the use of a lanyard worn by the operator; or
                     (B)  wirelessly through the use of a
  water-activated man-overboard transmitter worn by the motorboat
  operator or any similarly equipped passenger on the motorboat.
         (b)  A motorboat operator may not operate a motorboat less
  than 26 feet in length and equipped by the manufacturer with an
  engine cutoff switch while the engine is running and the motorboat
  is underway without first verifying that the switch is operational
  and fully functional and:
               (1)  if using a lanyard attachment, properly attaching
  the lanyard, as appropriate for the specific motorboat, to the
  operator's body or to the clothing or personal flotation device
  being worn by the operator; or
               (2)  if using a wireless attachment, properly attaching
  to each individual on the motorboat an operational man-overboard
  transmitter.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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