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1 1 Amend Senate File 429, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 25 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 462A.9A WATERCRAFT
1 6 SAFETY COURSES – CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.
1 7 1. The department shall establish a personal
1 8 watercraft safety course approved by the commission
1 9 not later than January 15, 1998. The personal
1 10 watercraft safety course shall be administered by the
1 11 department and shall be taught in at least twelve
1 12 counties commencing January 15, 1998. Each person who
1 13 successfully completes an approved personal watercraft
1 14 safety course shall be issued a personal watercraft
1 15 safety certificate.
1 16 2. Not later than January 15, 2000, the department
1 17 shall establish a watercraft safety course approved by
1 18 the commission. The watercraft safety course shall
1 19 include all watercraft including personal watercraft
1 20 in its curriculum and shall be taught in at least one-
1 21 half of the counties of this state. Each person who
1 22 successfully completes an approved personal watercraft
1 23 safety course shall be issued a watercraft safety
1 24 certificate."
1 25 #2. Page 1, line 30, by striking the word
1 26 "eighteen" and inserting the following: "sixteen".
1 27 #3. Page 2, by striking lines 6 through 17 and
1 28 inserting the following:
1 29 "Sec. . Section 462A.12, subsection 6, Code
1 30 1997, is amended by striking the subsection and
1 31 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 32 6. a. An owner or operator of any vessel
1 33 propelled by a motor of more than six horsepower shall
1 34 not permit any person under twelve years of age to
1 35 operate the vessel unless accompanied by a responsible
1 36 person of at least eighteen years of age. However,
1 37 commencing May 18, 2000, a person who is twelve years
1 38 of age or older but less than sixteen years of age
1 39 shall not operate any vessel propelled by a motor of
1 40 more than six horsepower unless accompanied by a
1 41 responsible person of at least eighteen years of age
1 42 or unless the person under sixteen years of age has
1 43 successfully completed an approved watercraft safety
1 44 course.
1 45 b. After May 18, 1998, an owner or operator of a
1 46 personal watercraft shall not permit any person who is
1 47 under sixteen years of age to operate a personal
1 48 watercraft unless accompanied by a responsible person
1 49 of at least eighteen years of age or unless the person
1 50 under sixteen years of age has successfully completed
2 1 an approved personal watercraft safety course."
2 2 #4. Page 2, line 26, by striking the word "eight"
2 3 and inserting the following: "seven".
2 4 #5. Page 3, by striking lines 18 through 23 and
2 5 inserting the following: "subparagraph (2), Code
2 6 1997, is amended by striking the subparagraph and
2 7 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
2 8 (2) Motorboats or personal watercraft shall
2 9 maintain a minimum passing or meeting distance of
2 10 fifty feet when both vessels are traveling at speeds
2 11 greater than five miles per hour in rivers or streams
2 12 of this state except the Mississippi and Missouri
2 13 rivers. The minimum passing or meeting distance of
2 14 one hundred feet shall be maintained by vessels
2 15 traveling at speeds over five miles per hour on the
2 16 Mississippi or Missouri rivers and other waters of the
2 17 state."
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2 21 DOLECHECK of Ringgold
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2 25 BLODGETT of Cerro Gordo
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2 29 RAYHONS of Hancock
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2 33 BELL of Jasper
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2 37 BRUNKHORST of Bremer
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2 41 SUKUP of Franklin
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2 45 MAY of Worth
2 46 SF 429.204 77
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