BOAT TITLE AND REGISTRATION FEES (Section 306.030)

This act specifies that beginning July 1, 2019, the first 1 million dollars, rather than the first 2 million dollars, of boat registration and titling fees collected annually shall be deposited into general revenue, with the excess to be deposited in the water patrol division fund.

These provisions are identical to provisions in SS/SCS/HB 1355 (2018), HCS#2/SS#2/SCS/SB 1050 (2018), SCS/HCS/HBs 2277 & 1983 (2018), the perfected HCS/HB 1591 (2018), and to HB 192 (2017) and HB 1962 (2016).

BOAT PASSENGERS (Section 306.126)

This act specifies that the requirement for boat passengers to ride only within adequate guards or railing when underway shall not apply to vessels propelled by propellers or jet motors when such vessels are operating on a stretch of waterway not created or widened by impoundment.

These provisions are identical to provisions in SS/SCS/HB 1355 (2018), HCS#2/SS#2/SCS/SB 1050 (2018), HCS/HB 1591 (2018), SCS/HCS/HBs 2277 & 1983 (2018), SS/SCS/SB 752 (2018), SCS/HCS/HB 2116 (2018), and similar to SB 65 (2017), HB 558 (2017), HB 2230 (2016), and HB 836 (2015).

ERIC VANDER WEERD