Bill Text - SB162 (2020)

Exempting commercial vessels from rafting rules.


Revision: Jan. 22, 2019, 8:40 a.m.

SB 162  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-1016

08/03

 

SENATE BILL 162

 

AN ACT exempting commercial vessels from rafting rules.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Rep. Plumer, Belk. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill exempts commercial vessels from rafting rules.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-1016

08/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT exempting commercial vessels from rafting rules.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Rafting of Boats; Exceptions.  Amend RSA 270:45, VII-VIII to read as follows:

VII.  Sailboats operated by recognized youth groups under the direct control of a counselor or other responsible adult; [or]

VIII.  Boats on any body of water of less than 400 acres, or on any estuary or tidal waters of the state[.]; or

IX.  Commercial vessels.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.