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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Rich) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendments)

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     Delete line(s) 43-89 (Delete Section 2)

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and insert:

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     Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 327.54, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     327.54  Liveries; safety regulations; penalty.--

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     (4)(a)  A livery may not knowingly lease, hire, or rent a

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personal watercraft to any person who is under 18 years of age.

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     (b)  A livery may not knowingly lease, hire, or rent a

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personal watercraft to any person who has not received

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instruction in the safe handling of personal watercraft pursuant

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to rule 68D-36, Florida Administrative Code, or any other rule,

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in compliance with rules established by the commission pursuant

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to chapter 120.

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     (c)  Any person receiving instruction in the safe handling

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of personal watercraft pursuant to rule 68D-36, Florida

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Administrative Code, or any other a program established by rule

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of the commission must provide the livery with a written

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statement attesting to the same.

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Any person delivering the information specified in this

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paragraph must enroll in, attend, and successfully complete, at

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his or her own expense, a boating safety course approved by the

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National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and

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this state.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 6

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and insert:

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required for leasing or renting a personal

3/5/2008  1:15:00 PM     EP.EP.04502