Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 512
Barcode 355216
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/15/2011 .
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The Committee on Budget (Negron) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 41 and 42
4 insert:
5 Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 327.395, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 327.395 Boating safety identification cards.—
8 (6) A person is exempt from subsection (1) if he or she:
9 (a) Is licensed by the United States Coast Guard to serve
10 as master of a vessel.
11 (b) Operates a vessel only on a private lake or pond.
12 (c) Is accompanied in the vessel by a person who is exempt
13 from this section or who holds an identification card in
14 compliance with this section, is 18 years of age or older, and
15 is attendant to the operation of the vessel and responsible for
16 the safe operation of the vessel and for any violation that
17 occurs during the operation of the vessel.
18 (d) Is a nonresident who has in his or her possession proof
19 that he or she has completed a boater education course or
20 equivalency examination in another state which meets or exceeds
21 the requirements of subsection (1).
22 (e) Is operating a vessel within 90 days after the purchase
23 of that vessel and has available for inspection aboard that
24 vessel a bill of sale meeting the requirements of s. 328.46(1).
25 (f) Is operating a vessel within 90 days after completing
26 the requirements of paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b) and has
27 a photographic identification card and a boater education
28 certificate available for inspection as proof of having
29 completed a boater education course. The boater education
30 certificate must provide, at a minimum, the student’s first and
31 last name, the student’s date of birth, and the date that he or
32 she passed the course examination.
33 (g)(f) Is exempted by rule of the commission.
34 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 327.54, Florida
35 Statutes, is amended to read:
36 327.54 Liveries; safety regulations; penalty.—
37 (2) A livery may not knowingly lease, hire, or rent any
38 vessel powered by a motor of 10 horsepower or greater to any
39 person who is required to comply with s. 327.395, unless such
40 person presents to the livery photographic identification and a
41 valid boater safety identification card as required under s.
42 327.395(1), or meets the exemption provided under s.
43 327.395(6)(f) to the livery.
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46 And the title is amended as follows:
47 Delete line 8
48 and insert:
49 noncriminal violation; amending s. 327.395, F.S.;
50 providing an additional exemption from the requirement
51 that certain persons possess a boating safety
52 identification card while operating a motor vessel of
53 a specified horsepower; amending s. 327.54, F.S.;
54 prohibiting a livery from leasing, hiring, or renting
55 a motor vessel of certain horsepower to a person
56 unless the person presents photographic identification
57 and a valid boater safety identification card or
58 provides proof that the person has successfully
59 completed the boater education course; amending s.
60 327.73, F.S.;