A 4431: Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft.
The bill aims to amend the navigation law and state finance law to regulate personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft. It establishes a specific age requirement for operators to obtain boating safety certificates, with the certificates becoming mandatory for operators born on or after January 1, 2000. The age requirements are as follows: - Operators born on or after January 1, 2000: must obtain the certificate by January 1, 2000 - Operators born on or after January 1, 1981: must obtain the certificate by January 1, 2001 - Operators born on or after January 1, 1978: must obtain the certificate by January 1, 2002 - Operators born on or after January 1, 1975: must obtain the certificate by January 1, 2003 - Operators born on or after January 1, 1972: must obtain the certificate by January 1, 2004 - All operators must obtain the certificate by January 1, 2029. The bill also allows the co…
| Sep. 08, 2025 | enacting clause stricken |
| Feb. 04, 2025 | referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4431 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the navigation law and the state finance law relating to the operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1998, amending the 2 navigation law and the state finance law relating to the operation of 3 personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft, as amended by chapter 191 4 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two 6 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2000 and shall apply to all 7 operators born on or after January 1, 2000 and shall apply to all opera- 8 tors born on or after January 1, 1981, provided further on and after 9 January 1, 2001 and before January 1, 2002 such section shall apply to 10 all operators born on or after January 1, 1978; provided further that on 11 and after January 1, 2002 and before January 1, 2003 such section shall 12 apply to all operators born on or after January 1, 1975; provided 13 further that on and after January 1, 2003 and before January 1, 2004 14 such section shall apply to all operators born on or after January 1, 15 1972, and provided further that on and after January 1, 2004 it shall 16 apply to all operators; and provided further that section five of this 17 act shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, [2027] 2029. Upon a 18 finding that courses do not exist in sufficient numbers to enable the 19 operators of personal watercraft to earn boating safety certificates in 20 a timely fashion as required by subdivision 1-a of section 49 of the 21 navigation law, as added by section two of this act, the commissioner of 22 parks, recreation and historic preservation is authorized by rule or 23 regulation to modify the dates provided in this section. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08640-01-5