AB175: Bill Text

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Assembly BILL 175

March 8, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Staskunas, Hasenohrl, Musser, Bock, Miller, Ryba, Sinicki, Sykora, Goetsch, Turner, Colon, Stone, Lassa and Jeskewitz. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

AB175,1,3 An Act to amend 30.62 (3) (a); and to create 30.62 (3) (c) of the statutes; relating to: requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underaged persons in certain boats.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, each boat must have on it a personal flotation device for each person riding in or on the boat. Under this bill, each person ten years old or younger who is riding in a boat that is less than 26 feet in length must wear a personal flotation device while the boat is being operated unless he or she is in a cabin space or below the deck.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB175, s. 1 Section 1. 30.62 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB175,2,2 30.62 (3) (a) Every boat, except a sailboard and except as provided in par. (b) pars. (b) and (c), shall carry at least one personal flotation device prescribed by federal regulations for each person on board or being attended by the boat, so placed as to be readily accessible and available to the persons.

AB175, s. 2 Section 2. 30.62 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB175,2,8 30.62 (3) (c) No person who is 10 years of age or under may be in a boat that is less than 26 feet in length while the boat is being operated without wearing a personal flotation device that is a type I, type II, type III or type V personal flotation device as specified under 33 CFR part 175, subpart B unless the person is in a cabin space or below the deck.

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