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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, H-1166, to Senate File 187, as
1 2 passed by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 22 through 29 and
1 4 inserting the following:
1 5 "# . By striking page 3, line 8, through page 4,
1 6 line 14, and inserting the following:
1 7 "6. a. Except as provided in paragraph b, an
1 8 owner or operator of any vessel propelled by a motor
1 9 of more than ten horsepower, including an owner of a
1 10 boat livery, shall not permit any person under twelve
1 11 years of age to operate the vessel unless accompanied
1 12 in or on the same vessel by a responsible person of at
1 13 least eighteen years of age. However, commencing
1 14 January 1, 2002, a person who is twelve years of age
1 15 or older but less than eighteen years of age shall not
1 16 operate any vessel propelled by a motor of more than
1 17 ten horsepower unless the person has successfully
1 18 completed an approved watercraft safety course and has
1 19 a watercraft safety certificate in immediate
1 20 possession or is accompanied in or on the same vessel
1 21 by a responsible person of at least eighteen years of
1 22 age.
1 23 b. An owner or operator of any personal watercraft
1 24 propelled by a motor of more than ten horsepower,
1 25 including an owner of a boat livery, shall not permit
1 26 any person under fourteen years of age to operate the
1 27 personal watercraft unless accompanied in or on the
1 28 same personal watercraft by a responsible person of at
1 29 least eighteen years of age. However, commencing
1 30 January 1, 2002, a person who is fourteen years of age
1 31 or older but less than eighteen years of age shall not
1 32 operate any personal watercraft propelled by a motor
1 33 of more than ten horsepower unless the person has
1 34 successfully completed an approved watercraft safety
1 35 course and has a watercraft safety certificate in
1 36 immediate possession or is accompanied in or on the
1 37 same personal watercraft by a responsible person of at
1 38 least eighteen years of age.
1 39 c. Watercraft safety certificates from an approved
1 40 course in another state or foreign nation will meet
1 41 the requirements of this section. A person required
1 42 to have a watercraft safety certificate shall carry
1 43 and shall exhibit the certificate upon request of an
1 44 officer of the department.
1 45 d. A violation of this subsection is a simple
1 46 misdemeanor as provided in section 462A.13.""
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1 50 MUNDIE of Webster
2 1 SF 187.502 78
2 2 tj/jw
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