Senate Study Bill 3058





                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            NATURAL RESOURCES BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring certain minor children to wear personal
  2    flotation devices while on board certain vessels operated on
  3    state waters.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 462A.12, Code Supplement 2005, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  14.  A person shall not operate a vessel
  1  4 on the waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the
  1  5 commission unless every person on board the vessel who is
  1  6 under thirteen years of age is wearing a type I, II, III, or V
  1  7 personal flotation device, including "float coats" that meet
  1  8 this definition, that is approved by the United States coast
  1  9 guard, while the vessel is under way.  This subsection does
  1 10 not apply when the person under thirteen years of age is in an
  1 11 enclosed cabin or below deck, or is a passenger on a vessel
  1 12 for hire or a commercial vessel with a passenger capacity of
  1 13 twenty=five persons or more.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill adds a new provision to Code section 462A.12
  1 16 concerning prohibited operations of certain vessels.  The bill
  1 17 provides that a person shall not operate a vessel on the
  1 18 waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the natural
  1 19 resource commission unless every person on board who is under
  1 20 13 years of age is wearing a type I, II, III, or V personal
  1 21 flotation device, including "float coats" that meet this
  1 22 definition, that is approved by the United States coast guard,
  1 23 while the vessel is under way.  The new provision does not
  1 24 apply when the person under 13 years of age is in an enclosed
  1 25 cabin or below deck, or is a passenger on a vessel for hire or
  1 26 a commercial vessel with a passenger capacity of 25 persons or
  1 27 more.
  1 28    For a violation of this provision, there is a scheduled
  1 29 fine of $25, pursuant to Code section 805.8B, subsection 1,
  1 30 paragraph "c".
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