| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | - | 24 LC 39 4116S | |
| 2 | - | The Senate Committee on Public Safety offered the following | |
| 3 | - | substitute to SB 41: | |
| 1 | + | 23 LC 39 3618 | |
| 2 | + | S. B. 41 | |
| 3 | + | - 1 - | |
| 4 | + | Senate Bill 41 | |
| 5 | + | By: Senators Williams of the 25th, Anderson of the 24th, Burns of the 23rd, Kennedy of the | |
| 6 | + | 18th, Hickman of the 4th and others | |
| 4 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | - | To amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,1 | |
| 9 | + | To amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, | |
| 10 | + | 1 | |
| 7 | 11 | relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft generally, so as to require2 | |
| 8 | 12 | completion of a boater education course for registration of a watercraft; to provide for an3 | |
| 9 | 13 | exemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 | |
| 10 | 14 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 | |
| 11 | 15 | SECTION 1.6 | |
| 12 | 16 | Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to7 | |
| 13 | 17 | registration, operation, and sale of watercraft generally, is amended by revising8 | |
| 14 | 18 | subsection (b) of Code Section 52-7-22, relating to comprehensive boating educational9 | |
| 15 | 19 | programs, required completion, and exception, as follows:10 | |
| 16 | - | "(b)(1) Except Effective July 1, 2014, and except as otherwise provided by this chapter,11 | |
| 20 | + | "(b)(1) Except | |
| 21 | + | Effective July 1, 2014, and except as otherwise provided by this chapter,11 | |
| 17 | 22 | anyone born on or after January 1, 1998, who operates any motorized vessel on the12 | |
| 18 | 23 | waters of this state shall complete a boating education course approved by the department13 | |
| 19 | 24 | prior to the operation of such vessel.14 | |
| 20 | - | (2) On and after January 1, | |
| 25 | + | (2) On and after January 1, 2024, any individual purchasing and registering a vessel for15 | |
| 21 | 26 | the first time shall complete a boating education course approved by the department prior16 | |
| 22 | - | - 1 - 24 LC 39 4116S | |
| 23 | - | to operating the vessel. The department shall notify any individual who registers a vessel17 | |
| 27 | + | to operating the vessel. The department shall notify any individual who registers a vessel17 23 LC 39 3618 | |
| 28 | + | S. B. 41 | |
| 29 | + | - 2 - | |
| 24 | 30 | for the first time, as indicated in the department's active electronic registration system,18 | |
| 25 | 31 | of this requirement. Any individual who executes a sworn statement attesting that he or19 | |
| 26 | 32 | she has regularly operated motorized vessels for ten or more years shall be exempt from20 | |
| 27 | 33 | this requirement."21 | |
| 28 | 34 | SECTION 2.22 | |
| 29 | 35 | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.23 | |
| 30 | - | - 2 - |