Senate File 233 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  GRONSTAL


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the licensure of engineers employed on an
  2    excursion gambling boat that has been removed from navigation
  3    and is a permanently moored vessel.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2742XS 81
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 462A.22, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Any person desiring a pilot's or engineer's license shall
  1  4 file an application with the commission upon forms prepared
  1  5 and furnished by the commission.  Such license may be issued
  1  6 by the commission only upon recommendation of an officer duly
  1  7 authorized by the commission.  Before the officer recommends
  1  8 such a license, the officer shall investigate the competency
  1  9 of the applicant, the applicant's acquaintance with and
  1 10 experience in boat work, habits as to sobriety, mental and
  1 11 physical qualifications for the work, acquaintance with the
  1 12 waters for which application to operate upon is made,
  1 13 familiarity with the laws and regulations pertaining to the
  1 14 vessel operation and all other pertinent matters.  Such
  1 15 license shall not be issued to anyone under eighteen years of
  1 16 age.  Any person who holds a current license as a chief
  1 17 engineer, issued by the United States coast guard, and who is
  1 18 employed on an excursion gambling boat that has been removed
  1 19 from navigation and is a permanently moored vessel is eligible
  1 20 for licensure under this section.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    Code section 99F.7, subsection 14, provides that an
  1 23 excursion gambling boat that has been removed from navigation
  1 24 and is a permanently moored vessel is to be regulated by the
  1 25 department of natural resources.  This bill provides that in
  1 26 licensing engineers to serve on these vessels, the department
  1 27 shall accept current licensure as a chief engineer by the
  1 28 United States coast guard as adequate qualification to serve
  1 29 as an engineer on these moored vessels.
  1 30 LSB 2742XS 81
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