Tennessee 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0530 Draft / Bill

Filed 01/29/2025

                     
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HOUSE BILL 530 
By Eldridge 
 
 
HB0530 
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, 
Chapter 9, relative to operator requirements for 
boating. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 69-9-226(a), is amended by deleting 
subdivisions (1) and (2) and substituting the following:  
 (1)  Has successfully completed a National Association of State Boating Law 
Administrators (NASBLA) approved boating safety examination that is approved by the 
agency; and 
 (2)  Has received a certificate from the agency as evidence of successful 
completion of an NASBLA approved boating safety examination that is approved by the 
agency; or 
 SECTION 2.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 69-9-226(c), is amended by deleting 
subdivision (4) and substituting the following:  
 (4)  Shall be issued for a fee set by the commission.  The commission may also 
set a separate fee for the issuance of a replacement card.  
 SECTION 3.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 69-9-226(d)(4)(A), is amended by 
deleting the word "monitored". 
 SECTION 4.  This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.