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HB 979: Boating Safety

GENERAL BILL by Crow ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Betancourt

Boating Safety; redefines "personal watercraft"; classifies all personal watercraft as class A-2 vessels; provides requirements for display of antique vessel registration numbers & decals; requires all vessel operators to have certain photographic ID; revises requirements for lease, hiring, or rental of vessels by liveries, re prerental or preride instruction, minimum age for rental, safety information & instruction, & limitation of liability, etc. Amends Ch. 327.

Effective Date: 07/01/1999 except as otherwise provided
 Last Action: 4/30/1999 House - Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1270 (Ch. 99-248)
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/24/1999 House • Prefiled
    3/2/1999 House • Introduced -HJ 00081
    3/3/1999 House • Referred to Transportation (EDC); Community Affairs (PRC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00175
    3/16/1999 House • Withdrawn from Transportation (EDC); Community Affairs (PRC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00292; Rereferred to Water & Resource Management (RLC); Community Affairs (PRC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00292
    4/6/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Water & Resource Management (RLC), 04/08/99, 10:00 am, 212K
    4/8/1999 House • Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable with 4 amendment(s) by Water & Resource Management (RLC) -HJ 00581
    4/12/1999 House • Now in Community Affairs (PRC) -HJ 00581
    4/20/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs (PRC), 04/21/99, 10:15 am, Morris Hall --Not considered
    4/21/1999 House • Withdrawn from Community Affairs (PRC) -HJ 00740; Now in Finance & Taxation (FRC)
    4/28/1999 House • Withdrawn from Finance & Taxation (FRC) -HJ 01483; Now in Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations (FRC)
    4/29/1999 House • Withdrawn from Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 01672; Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar
    4/30/1999 House • Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1270 (Ch. 99-248)

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  • HB 979, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:26 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 4/19/1999 (pdf)
    Water & Resource Management (Post-Meeting) 3/21/1999 (pdf)
    Water & Resource Management (Post-Meeting) 4/8/1999 (pdf)
    Water & Resource Management (Post-Meeting) 6/23/1999 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    S 1944 (e1) Boating Safety Kurth Similar Last Action: 4/30/1999 H Died in Messages
    Location:
    S 1270 (e3) Casas Compare Last Action: 6/8/1999 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-248; See also CS/CS/SB 1056 (Ch. 99-234)
    Location:

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    327.02 Definitions of terms used in this chapter and in chapter 328.
    327.25 Classification; registration; fees and charges; surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.
    327.28 Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; vessel registration funds; appropriation and distribution.
    327.39 Personal watercraft regulated.
    327.395 Boating safety identification cards.
    327.49
    327.54 Liveries; safety regulations; penalty.
    327.73 Noncriminal infractions.

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