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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 23
BY SENATOR MORRISH
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
BOATS/BOATING. Exempts certain individuals from the boating safety education
requirement. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 34:851.36(B), relative to motorboats and vessels; to provide for2
boating safety education; to exempt certain individuals from the boating safety3
education requirement; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 34:851.36(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง851.36. Boating safety education required8
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B. (1) A motorboat may be operated if any person on board or participating10
in any boating activity from the motorboat is over the age of eighteen and, if required11
to have completed a boating safety course under the provisions of Subsection A of12
this Section, has completed the required boating safety course.13
(2) A person who is licensed by the United States Coast Guard as a14
captain to operate a vessel shall be exempt from the provisions of Subsection A15
of this Section.16
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not1
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature2
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If3
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become4
effective on the day following such approval.5
The original instrument was prepared by J. W. Wiley. The following digest,
which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared
by Linda Nugent.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 23)
Present law provides that no person born after Jan. 1, 1984, can operate a motorboat powered
by a motor in excess of 10 horsepower unless he has successfully completed a boating safety
class approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. Further
provides that a person who has completed an approved boating safety class must be in
possession of evidence of such completion when operating such a boat.
Proposed law exempts from present law a person who is licensed by the United States Coast
Guard as a captain to operate a vessel.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 34:851.36(B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and International Affairs to the original bill.
1. Changes the individual who is exempt from a Coast Guard licensed master
of a vessel to a person licensed by the Coast Guard as a captain to operate a
vessel.