SB 6364 -
By Committee on Appropriations
ADOPTED AS AMENDED 03/03/2006
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 79A.60
RCW to read as follows:
(1) No person may operate a motor driven boat or vessel or have the
engine of a motor driven boat or vessel run idle while an individual is
teak surfing, platform dragging, or bodysurfing behind the motor driven
boat or vessel.
(2) No person may operate a motor driven boat or vessel or have the
engine of a motor driven boat or vessel run idle while an individual is
occupying or holding onto the swim platform, swim deck, swim step, or
swim ladder of the motor driven boat or vessel.
(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply when an
individual is occupying the swim platform, swim deck, swim step, or
swim ladder for a very brief period of time while assisting with the
docking or departure of the vessel, while exiting or entering the
vessel, or while the vessel is engaged in law enforcement or emergency
rescue activity.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "teak surfing" or "platform
dragging" means holding onto the swim platform, swim deck, swim step,
swim ladder, or any portion of the exterior of the transom of a motor
driven boat or vessel for any amount of time while the motor driven
boat or vessel is underway at any speed.
(5) For the purposes of this section, "bodysurfing" means swimming
or floating on one's stomach or on one's back on or in the wake
directly behind a motor driven boat or vessel that is underway.
(6) A violation of this section is an infraction punishable as
provided under chapter 7.84 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 88.02 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Any new or used motor driven boat or vessel, as that term is
defined in RCW 79A.60.010, other than a personal watercraft, sold
within this state must display a carbon monoxide warning sticker
developed by the department on the interior of the vessel.
(2) For vessels sold by a dealer, the dealer shall ensure that the
warning sticker has been affixed prior to completing a transaction.
(3) For a vessel sold by an individual, the department shall
include the sticker in the registration materials provided to the new
owner, and the department shall notify the new owner that the sticker
must be affixed as described in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) A warning sticker already developed by a vessel manufacturer
may satisfy the requirements of this section if it has been approved by
the department. The department shall approve a carbon monoxide warning
sticker that has been approved by the United States coast guard for
similar uses in other states.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 88.02 RCW
to read as follows:
The department shall include an informational brochure about the
dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and vessels and the warning
stickers required by section 2 of this act as part of the registration
materials mailed by the department for two consecutive years for
registrations that are due or become due after the effective date of
this section, and thereafter upon recommendation by the director of the
department. The materials shall instruct the vessel owner to affix the
stickers as required by section 2 of this act.
Sec. 4 RCW 79A.60.610 and 1994 c 151 s 2 are each amended to read
as follows:
The commission shall undertake a statewide recreational boating
fire prevention education program concerning the safe use of marine
fuels and electrical systems ((and the hazards of carbon monoxide)).
The boating fire prevention education program shall provide for the
distribution of fire safety materials and decals warning of fire
hazards and for educational opportunities to educate boaters on the
safety practices needed to operate heaters, stoves, and other
appliances in Washington's unique aquatic environment. The commission
shall evaluate the boating public's voluntary participation in the
program and the program's impact on safe boating.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 This act may be known and cited as the Jenda
Jones and Denise Colbert safe boating act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6 Sections 2 and 3 of this act take effect
January 1, 2007."
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