| Passed by the Senate March 16, 2003 YEAS 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 14, 2003 YEAS 93 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5898 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/19/2003. Referred to Committee on Parks, Fish & Wildlife.
AN ACT Relating to recreational boating; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 Because of the number of recreational
boating accidents, fatalities, and near misses on the waters of this
state, the Washington state legislature believes there is a need to
provide for safer recreational boating practices.
The legislature therefore directs the Washington state parks and
recreation commission and the boating safety advisory council to
research and recommend ways to reduce boating accidents, fatalities,
and near misses. The Washington state parks and recreation commission
should also include in its research recognition of the need for
homeland security safety precautions for boaters.
The Washington state parks and recreation commission shall
investigate a variety of methods to achieve safer boating practices,
including a program of mandatory safe boater education, identifying the
costs associated with designing, implementing, and maintaining
mandatory safe boater education, and identifying all potential sources
of funds to pay for such costs and report back to the legislature by
January 1, 2004.