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House Amendment 8544

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  1  1    Amend House File 2578 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 24, by inserting after line 28 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 462A.5, subsection 3, Code
  1  5 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  6    3.  The registration fees for vessels subject to
  1  7 this chapter are as follows:
  1  8    a.  For vessels of any length without motor or
  1  9 sail, five eight dollars.
  1 10    b.  For motorboats or sailboats less than twelve
  1 11 sixteen feet in length, eight fifteen dollars.
  1 12    c.  For motorboats or sailboats twelve sixteen feet
  1 13 or more, but less than fifteen twenty-six feet in
  1 14 length, ten twenty-five dollars.
  1 15    d.  For motorboats or sailboats fifteen feet or
  1 16 more, but less than eighteen feet in length, twelve
  1 17 dollars.
  1 18    e.  For motorboats or sailboats eighteen feet or
  1 19 more, but less than twenty-five feet in length,
  1 20 eighteen dollars.
  1 21    f.  d.  For motorboats or sailboats twenty-five
  1 22 twenty-six feet in length or more, twenty-eight but
  1 23 less than forty feet in length, forty dollars.
  1 24    e.  For motor boats or sailboats forty feet in
  1 25 length or more, seventy-five dollars.
  1 26    f.  For all personal watercraft, twenty-five
  1 27 dollars.
  1 28    Every registration certificate and number issued
  1 29 becomes delinquent at midnight April 30 of odd-
  1 30 numbered years unless terminated or discontinued in
  1 31 accordance with this chapter.  After January 1 in odd-
  1 32 numbered years, an unregistered vessel and a renewal
  1 33 of registration may be registered for the two-year
  1 34 registration period beginning May 1 of that year.
  1 35 After January 1 in even-numbered years, unregistered
  1 36 vessels may be registered for the remainder of the
  1 37 current registration period at fifty percent of the
  1 38 appropriate registration fee.
  1 39    If a timely application for renewal is made, the
  1 40 applicant shall receive the same registration number
  1 41 allocated to the applicant for the previous
  1 42 registration period.  If the application for
  1 43 registration for the biennium is not made before May 1
  1 44 of each odd-numbered year, the applicant shall be
  1 45 charged a penalty of five dollars.
  1 46    Sec.    .  Section 462A.22, Code 2003, is amended
  1 47 to read as follows:
  1 48    462A.22  ENGINEER OR PILOT LICENSE AND FEES.
  1 49    1.  No A vessel shall not be operated for hire by a
  1 50 pilot or engineer upon the waters of this state under
  2  1 the jurisdiction of the commission unless the pilot or
  2  2 engineer first obtains an engineer's or pilot's
  2  3 license.  A pilot's license is required for any person
  2  4 who has charge of the steering or directing of the
  2  5 vessel's course or who does the steering or directs
  2  6 the vessel's course.  An engineer's license is
  2  7 required for all operators who have charge of or
  2  8 operate the equipment by which the boat is propelled.
  2  9 If one person acts in a dual or alternate capacity,
  2 10 the person shall first obtain both an engineer's and
  2 11 pilot's license.
  2 12    2.  Any person desiring a pilot's or engineer's
  2 13 license shall file an application with the commission
  2 14 upon forms prepared and furnished by the commission.
  2 15 Such license may be issued by the commission only upon
  2 16 recommendation of an officer duly authorized by the
  2 17 commission.  Before the officer recommends such a
  2 18 license, the officer shall investigate the competency
  2 19 of the applicant, the applicant's acquaintance with
  2 20 and experience in boat work, habits as to sobriety,
  2 21 mental and physical qualifications for the work,
  2 22 acquaintance with the waters for which application to
  2 23 operate upon is made, familiarity with the laws and
  2 24 regulations pertaining to the vessel operation and all
  2 25 other pertinent matters.  Such license shall not be
  2 26 issued to anyone under eighteen years of age.
  2 27    3.  The annual fee for a pilot's license is ten
  2 28 dollars.  The annual fee for an engineer's license is
  2 29 twenty dollars.  All fees for the licensing of pilots
  2 30 and engineers shall be forwarded by the commission to
  2 31 the treasurer of state, who shall place the money in
  2 32 the environment first fund created in section 8.57A.
  2 33    4.  Engineer's and pilot's licenses shall be in
  2 34 effect only for the calendar year in which such the
  2 35 license is issued.
  2 36    Sec.    .  Section 462A.52, Code 2003, is amended
  2 37 to read as follows:
  2 38    462A.52  FEES REMITTED TO COMMISSION.
  2 39    Within ten days after the end of each month, a
  2 40 county recorder shall remit to the commission all fees
  2 41 collected by the recorder during the previous month.
  2 42 Before May 10 in odd-numbered years, a county recorder
  2 43 shall remit to the commission all unused license
  2 44 blanks for the previous biennium.  All fees collected
  2 45 for the registration of vessels shall be forwarded by
  2 46 the commission to the treasurer of the state, who
  2 47 shall place the money in a special conservation the
  2 48 environment first fund created in section 8.57A.  The
  2 49 money so collected is appropriated to the commission
  2 50 solely for the administration and enforcement of
  3  1 navigation laws and water safety.
  3  2    Sec.    .  Section 462A.21, Code 2003, is
  3  3 repealed."
  3  4    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
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  3  8 FREEMAN of Buena Vista
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  3 12 RAYHONS of Hancock 
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  3 16 UPMEYER of Hancock 
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  3 20 DOLECHECK of Ringgold 
  3 21 HF 2578.201 80
  3 22 nh/sh
     

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