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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 462A.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  22A.  "Personal watercraft" means a
  1  4 vessel, less than sixteen feet in length, which is propelled
  1  5 by a water jet pump or similar machinery as its primary source
  1  6 of motor propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person
  1  7 sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than by a
  1  8 person sitting or standing inside the vessel.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 462A.12, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1 10 the following new subsection:
  1 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  A person who is under fourteen years
  1 12 of age shall not operate a personal watercraft on the waters
  1 13 of this state under the jurisdiction of the commission.
  1 14    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect on May 15,
  1 15 1998.  
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill defines personal watercraft and prohibits a
  1 18 person who is under 14 years of age from operating a personal
  1 19 watercraft on the waters of this state under the jurisdiction
  1 20 of the commission.  A person violating this prohibition is
  1 21 guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  Code chapter 232, relating to
  1 22 juvenile justice, has no application in the prosecution of
  1 23 violators who are less than 18 years of age.  
  1 24 LSB 3019HH 77
  1 25 tj/jw/5
     

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