ASSEMBLY STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1342

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 27, 1996

      The Assembly State Government Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1342 (1R).

      This bill provides that, except as otherwise provided by section 18 of P.L.1995, c.401, no one shall operate a personal watercraft on the waters of this State after July 1, 1997, without having successfully completed a boat safety course approved by the Superintendent of State Police or a written test pursuant to section 17 of that 1995 law. The bill would also extend to experienced boaters until July 1, 1997 the opportunity to take a written test in lieu of the boat safety course. Finally, the bill provides that the provisions of P.L.1995, c.401 regulating businesses engaged in the rental of personal watercraft would not go into effect until July 1, 1997.