SB 357 - AS INTRODUCED
2002 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 357
This bill modifies the applicability of laws relative to safe boater education and the minimum age of operation of motorized vessels.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-3091
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to restrictions on the operation of boats.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Operation of Boats; Minimum Age for Operation; Horsepower. Amend RSA 270:30 to read as follows:
270:30 Minimum Age for Operation. No person [16] 9 years of age or under shall operate a motorized vessel [having power in excess of 15 horsepower] on the public waters of this state unless the person [has a valid safe boater education certificate; or] is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who has a valid safe boater education certificate, and such person shall be liable for personal injury or property damage which may result from such operation. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.
2 Safe Boater Education; Certificate Required; Horsepower. 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 [15] 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
All January 1, 2008
3 Safe Boater Education; Possession Required, Penalty; Horsepower. Amend RSA 270-D:11, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Possess the certificate when operating a motorized vessel with any type of power motor in excess of [15] 25 horsepower on the public waters of the state.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.