CHAPTER 149

HB 90 – FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 90

AN ACT relative to enforcement of the requirement of boaters to have a safe boater education certificate.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bolster, Belk 5; Rep. Russell, Belk 6; Rep. C. Christensen, Hills 19; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5

COMMITTEE: Transportation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill permits enforcement of the requirement of boaters to have a safe boater education certificate when the operator is issued a written warning for a violation or offense or when the operator is involved in an accident.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to enforcement of the requirement of boaters to have a safe boater education certificate.

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

149:1 Safe Boater Education Certificate; Possession Required. Amend RSA 270-D:11, III to read as follows:

III. Enforcement of this section shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when an operator of a motorized or registered vessel has been cited, [or] charged with, or issued a written warning for a violation or some other offense, or as a primary action when an operator is involved in an accident.

149:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.

Approved: June 8, 2011

Effective Date: January 1, 2012