SB 473  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2877

11/03

 

SENATE BILL 473

 

AN ACT relative to certificate of boating safety.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies who is required to obtain a certificate of boating safety prior to operating certain boats on public waters.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2877

11/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to certificate of boating safety.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Safe Boater Education; Certificate Required.  Amend RSA 270-D:10, I to read as follows:

I.  No person [born on or after the dates provided in this section] shall operate a motorized vessel with any type of power motor in excess of 25 horsepower on the public waters of this state without first obtaining a certificate of boating safety education in accordance with this subdivision[:

Date of Birth Certificate Required

January 1, 1983 January 1, 2002

January 1, 1977 January 1, 2003

January 1, 1973 January 1, 2004

January 1, 1967 January 1, 2005

January 1, 1963 January 1, 2006

January 1, 1957 January 1, 2007

AllJanuary 1, 2008].

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.