Senate Amendment 5239


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2612, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 4, by inserting after line 35 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5                      <DIVISION    
     1  6                      WATER SAFETY
     1  7    Sec.    .  Section 462A.12, Code Supplement 2007,
     1  8 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
     1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  A person shall not operate a
     1 10 vessel on the waters of this state under the
     1 11 jurisdiction of the commission unless every person on
     1 12 board the vessel who is under thirteen years of age is
     1 13 wearing a type I, II, III, or V personal flotation
     1 14 device, including "float coats" that meet this
     1 15 definition, that is approved by the United States
     1 16 coast guard, while the vessel is under way.  This
     1 17 subsection does not apply when the person under
     1 18 thirteen years of age is in an enclosed cabin or below
     1 19 deck, or is a passenger on a commercial vessel with a
     1 20 passenger capacity of twenty=five persons or more.
     1 21    Sec.    .  Section 462A.14, subsection 1, paragraph
     1 22 b, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
     1 23 follows:
     1 24    b.  While having an alcohol concentration of .10
     1 25 .08 or more.
     1 26    Sec.    .  WARNING CITATIONS == TWELVE=MONTH
     1 27 PERIOD.  During the twelve=month period beginning on
     1 28 the effective date of section 462A.12, subsection 15,
     1 29 as enacted in this division of this Act, peace
     1 30 officers shall issue only warning citations for a
     1 31 violation of such subsection.
     1 32    Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 462A.12,
     1 33 subsection 15, as enacted in this division of this
     1 34 Act, and the section of this division providing for
     1 35 the issuance of warning citations for violations of
     1 36 such subsection, being deemed of immediate importance,
     1 37 take effect upon enactment.>
     1 38 #2.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
     1 39 word <lands> the following:  <, waters,>.
     1 40 #3.  Title page, line 5, by inserting after the
     1 41 word <applicable> the following:  <and providing an
     1 42 effective date>.
     1 43 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.
     1 44
     1 45
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     1 47 COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
     1 48 AND ENVIRONMENT
     1 49 DENNIS H. BLACK, CHAIRPERSON
     1 50 HF 2612.205 82
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