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HOUSE BILL NO. 653

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H0653.........................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
WATER SKIING - Amends existing law to allow a water vessel to operate
safely within 100 feet of a dock when dropping off a water skier who is
twelve years of age or younger.

02/11    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26    3rd rdg - PASSED - 57-5-8
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bieter, Black(15), Black(23),
      Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Deal, Denney,
      Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest,
      Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg,
      Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
      McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
      Richman, Ridinger, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman,
      Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Bivens, Cuddy, Robison, Stoicheff, Stone
      Absent and Excused -- Bell, Crane, Gagner, Gould, Linford, Newcomb,
      Tippets, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Stubbs
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/27    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
      Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Hansen
    Floor Sponsor - Crow
    Title apvd - to House
03/19    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
    Pres signed - to Governor
03/20    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 232
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text

H0653


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 653

                         BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO SAFE BOATING ACT; AMENDING SECTION 67-7077, IDAHO  CODE,
 3        TO  ALLOW  A  WATER  VESSEL TO SAFELY OPERATE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET OF A
 4        DOCK WHEN DROPPING OFF A WATER SKIER WHO IS TWELVE YEARS OF AGE  OR  YOUN-
 5        GER.

 6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-7077, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        67-7077.  OPERATION OF VESSELS. It shall be unlawful  for  any  person  to
10    operate  any  vessel  on the water of this state: (a) in a negligent manner as
11    prescribed in section 67-7017, Idaho Code, while within one hundred (100) feet
12    of another vessel; or (b) at a speed greater than no wake or  five  (5)  miles
13    per  hour while within one hundred (100) feet of a dock, swimmer or other per-
14    son in the water, except when safely pulling a water skier from a dock  ,
15    or  when  safely dropping off a water skier who is twelve (12) years of age or
16    younger at or near a dock,  or when the swimmer or other person  in  the
17    water is the vessel's water skier.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                               RS 07832C1
    
    This proposal allows some flexibility for water skiers 
    under 12 years of age to be dropped off closer to the shore or 
    dock.
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    
    None.
    
    CONTACT: Representative Mark Stubbs
              (208) 332-1000
    
    
    
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    H 653