2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 15-140f. Courses in safe boating operation. Regulations. Reciprocity.

      Sec. 15-140f. Courses in safe boating operation. Regulations. Reciprocity. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall formulate courses in safe boating operation.

      (b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the content of safe boating operation courses. Such regulations may include provisions for examinations, issuance of safe boating certificates and establishment of reasonable fees for the course and examination and for issuing certificates, temporary certificates and duplicate certificates. Any fees collected pursuant to such regulations shall be deposited in the boating account established pursuant to section 15-155.

      (c) Any person who holds a certificate from another state that has a reciprocal agreement with the commissioner may operate a vessel on the waters of this state.

      (P.A. 89-388, S. 2, 27; P.A. 91-408, S. 12, 18; P.A. 00-152, S. 4; P.A. 01-105, S. 10.)

      History: P.A. 91-408 amended Subsec. (b) to replace "certificates of boating operation" with "safe boating certificates" and authorize the regulations to include provisions for the establishment of a fee for the issuance of a temporary certificate, and added Subsec. (c) re reciprocity; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference in Subsec. (b) to "Boating Fund" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "boating account" to conform section to Sec. 15-155); P.A. 00-152 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting language authorizing department to enter into reciprocal agreements and language re successfully completing safe boating course; P.A. 01-105 made technical changes.