Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 968
       
       
       
       By Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       3-01328-11                                             2011968__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to boating safety; amending s.
    3         327.395, F.S.; providing for agents of the Fish and
    4         Wildlife Conservation Commission to issue boater
    5         safety identification cards that must be similar in
    6         appearance to cards issued by the commission;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 327.395,
   12  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         327.395 Boating safety identification cards.—
   14         (1) A person born on or after January 1, 1988, may not
   15  operate a vessel powered by a motor of 10 horsepower or greater
   16  unless such person has in his or her possession aboard the
   17  vessel photographic identification and a boater safety
   18  identification card issued by the commission or its agent, as
   19  described in subsection (4), which shows that he or she has:
   20         (a) Completed a commission-approved boater education course
   21  that meets the minimum 8-hour instruction requirement
   22  established by the National Association of State Boating Law
   23  Administrators;
   24         (b) Passed a course equivalency examination approved by the
   25  commission; or
   26         (c) Passed a temporary certificate examination developed or
   27  approved by the commission.
   28         (4) The commission may appoint liveries, marinas, or other
   29  persons as its agents to administer the course, course
   30  equivalency examination, or temporary certificate examination
   31  and issue identification cards under guidelines established by
   32  the commission. An agent may issue commission-approved
   33  identification cards that must be similar in appearance to the
   34  cards issued by the commission. An agent must charge the $2
   35  examination fee, which must be forwarded to the commission with
   36  proof of passage of the examination and may charge and keep a $1
   37  service fee.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.