CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5898

Chapter 390, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



RECREATIONAL BOATING



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the Senate March 16, 2003
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 14, 2003
  YEAS 93   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

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.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved May 20, 2003.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
May 20, 2003 - 3:03 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5898
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Senators Oke, Doumit, Esser, Jacobsen, Swecker, Fraser and Shin

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.


         Passed by the Senate March 16, 2003.
         Passed by the House April 14, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 20, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 20, 2003.