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2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 104
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. Provides relative to marine products. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1252(27) and to enact R.S. 32:1254(P), relative to marine
3 products; to provide certain definitions; to provide for a licensing exception for
4 certain manufacturers of marine products; to provide for certain terms and
5 conditions; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:1252(27) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 32:1254(P)
8 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §1252. Definitions
10 The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall
11 have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section, except where the
12 context clearly indicates a different meaning:
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14 (27) "Marine product" means a new or used watercraft, boat, marine motor,
15 and a boat or watercraft trailer. The term also includes an outboard motor or a boat
16 with an inboard/outboard motor attached to it. The term shall not mean a watercraft
17 designed for use primarily for commercial or governmental purposes or a new
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1 or used watercraft or boat adapted to be powered only by the occupant's energy.
2 * * *
3 §1254. Application for license; requirements for licensure; contents; licenses;
4 franchise filings; exceptions
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6 P. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this
7 Chapter shall not apply to a watercraft designed for use primarily for
8 commercial or governmental purposes.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
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Present law provides for the licensing and regulation of marine products.
Present law defines "marine product" as a new or used watercraft, boat, marine motor, and
a boat or watercraft trailer.
Present law excludes from the definition a new or used watercraft or boat adapted to be
powered only by the occupant's energy.
Proposed law excludes from the definition a watercraft designed for use primarily for
commercial or governmental purposes.
Proposed law provides that a watercraft designed for use primarily for commercial or
governmental purposes shall not be subject to the regulations of the Motor Vehicle
Commission.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 32:1252(27); adds R.S. 32:1254(P))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and International Affairs to the original bill
1. Excludes from the definition of marine products a watercraft designed for use
primarily for commercial or governmental purposes and provides that such
watercraft shall not be subject to the regulations of the Motor Vehicle
Commission.
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