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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 462A.9A WATERCRAFT SAFETY
1 2 COURSES – CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.
1 3 The department shall establish a watercraft safety course
1 4 approved by the commission not later than January 15, 2003.
1 5 The watercraft safety course shall be administered by the
1 6 department. A person who is twelve years of age or older may
1 7 enroll in an approved watercraft safety course, but a person
1 8 who is twelve years of age and who has successfully completed
1 9 the course shall only be issued a certificate of completion
1 10 which becomes valid on the person's thirteenth birthday. The
1 11 department may use other organizations and volunteers for
1 12 assistance in designing and implementing the watercraft safety
1 13 course. The watercraft safety course shall include all
1 14 watercraft including personal watercraft in its curriculum.
1 15 Each person who successfully completes an approved watercraft
1 16 safety course shall be issued a watercraft safety certificate.
1 17 The department's initial watercraft safety certificate shall
1 18 be issued without a fee. The department may recognize and
1 19 approve other watercraft safety courses, such as those
1 20 provided by the United States power squadron, the United
1 21 States coast guard auxiliary, or others. A fee may be
1 22 associated with taking any such course. A duplicate
1 23 watercraft safety certificate shall be issued upon request
1 24 upon payment of a fee of five dollars.
1 25 Sec. 2. Section 462A.12, subsection 6, Code Supplement
1 26 2001, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
1 27 lieu thereof the following:
1 28 6. An owner or operator of any vessel propelled by a motor
1 29 of more than ten horsepower, including an owner of a boat
1 30 livery, shall not permit any person under thirteen years of
1 31 age to operate the vessel unless accompanied in or on the same
1 32 vessel by a responsible person of at least eighteen years of
1 33 age. However, commencing January 1, 2005, a person who is
1 34 thirteen years of age or older but less than eighteen years of
1 35 age shall not operate any vessel propelled by a motor of more
2 1 than ten horsepower unless the person has successfully
2 2 completed an approved watercraft safety course and has a
2 3 watercraft safety certificate in immediate possession or is
2 4 accompanied in or on the same vessel by a responsible person
2 5 of at least eighteen years of age. Watercraft safety
2 6 certificates from an approved course in another state or
2 7 foreign nation meet the requirements of this section. A
2 8 person required to have a watercraft safety certificate shall
2 9 carry and shall exhibit the certificate upon request of an
2 10 officer of the department.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This bill provides that the department of natural resources
2 13 shall establish a watercraft safety course no later than
2 14 January 15, 2003, which shall include personal watercraft
2 15 curriculum. A watercraft safety certificate shall be issued
2 16 without fee upon successful completion of the course. A $5
2 17 fee shall be charged for a duplicate certificate. However,
2 18 the department may recognize and approve other watercraft
2 19 safety courses such as those provided by the United States
2 20 power squadron, the United States coast guard auxiliary, or
2 21 others. A fee may be charged for these courses.
2 22 A person under 13 years of age shall not operate a vessel
2 23 propelled by a motor of more than 10 horsepower unless
2 24 accompanied by a responsible person of at least 18 years of
2 25 age. However, commencing January 1, 2005, a person who is at
2 26 least 13 years of age but less than 18 years of age shall not
2 27 operate a vessel which is propelled by a motor of more than 10
2 28 horsepower unless accompanied by a responsible person of at
2 29 least 18 years of age or unless the person under 18 years of
2 30 age has successfully completed an approved watercraft safety
2 31 course and has a watercraft safety certificate in the person's
2 32 immediate possession.
2 33 Violations of Code section 462A.12, relating to watercraft
2 34 safety certification and safe watercraft operation, are
2 35 punishable by a scheduled fine of $25.
3 1 LSB 5951HH 79
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