HB490 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ginny Shaver Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Vessels, operation of watercraft, boater safety certification requirements, further provided, Secs. 33-5-51, 33-5-52, 33-5-72 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a nonresident whose home state or country does not require boater safety certification or the licensing of vessel operators may operate a vessel on the waters of this state without a boater safety certification for a period of not more than 45 days in any calendar year.

This bill would require all nonresidents to procure a boater safety certification in their home state or country or procure a Nonresident Alabama Boater Safety Certification prior to operating a vessel on the waters of this state, except under certain conditions.

Also under certain existing law, vessels less than 24 feet are required to have an emergency engine or motor cut-off switch.

This bill would require vessels to meet the federal requirements for engine cut-off switches.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

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