Bill Text - HB1542 (2024)

Relative to possession and presentation of safe boater education certificates.


Revision: May 16, 2024, 1:49 p.m.

HB 1542-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

28Mar2024... 0745h

2024 SESSION

24-2501

11/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1542-FN

 

AN ACT relative to possession and presentation of safe boater education certificates.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Coker, Belk. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows electronic copies of safe boater education certificates for possession and presentation to marine patrol.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

28Mar2024... 0745h 24-2501

11/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to possession and presentation of safe boater education certificates.

 

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

 

1  Safe Boater Education; Possession of Certificate; Electronic Copy.  Amend RSA 270-D:11, I to read as follows:

I. Any person required to have a safe boater education certificate shall:

(a) Possess the certificate when operating a motorized vessel with any type of power motor in excess of 25 horsepower on the public waters of the state.  The certificate shall be a physical original or copy, or an electronic copy, or a photograph of the certificate on an electronic device.  Any electronic copy or photograph of the certificate shall contain the front and back of the physical original.

(b)  Present the certificate or the copy upon the demand of a marine patrol officer. 2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

24-2501

Amended 4/8/24

 

HB 1542-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2024-0745h)

 

AN ACT relative to possession and presentation of safe boater education certificates.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

Revenue

$0

(Indeterminable Decrease -

Likely Not to Exceed $30,000 Per Year)

Revenue Fund(s)

Navigation Safety Fund

Expenditures

$0

(Indeterminable Decrease -

 Likely Not to Exceed $10,638 per Year)

Funding Source(s)

Navigation Safety Fund

Appropriations

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Source(s)

None

Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] N/A

Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] N/A

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill allows for alternative forms of safe boater education certificates for possession and presentation to Marine Patrol. The Department of Safety states this may result in fewer individuals seeking replacement cards, since electronic, or other copies, may be used. The Department states, on average, there are approximately 3,000 replacement cards issued annually at a cost of $10 each, for a total of $30,000 per year in revenue. The Department’s cost for replacement cards (after the first 300 which are at no cost from the vendor) is $3.94 per card. Therefore, to create 3,000 replacement cards it costs the state $10,638 (2,700 cards X $3.94). It is anticipated this bill, beginning in FY 2025, would reduce state revenue yearly by no more than $30,000 and state expenditures yearly by no more than $10,638. All revenue and expenditures would be to the Navigation Safety Fund.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Safety