Senate Amendment 1
S 96 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Boating safety and education program

Senator Campsen proposes the following amendment (SFGF-96.BC0007S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 50-21-10(20) and inserting:

(20) "Personal watercraft" means a vessel, usually less than sixteen feet in length, that uses an inboard, internal combustion engine powering a water jet pump as its primary source of propulsion and that is intended to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than within the confines of the hull.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 2, Section 50-21-90, by adding a subsection to read:

(C) The department must approve of one or more boat rental safety education courses to be taken by persons renting a vessel, personal watercraft, or specialty propcraft from businesses engaged in the renting of vessels, personal watercrafts, or specialty propcrafts. A person who completes a boat rental safety education course approved by the department must be issued a boat rental safety certificate in either electronic or physical form in the person's name. A boat rental safety certificate is valid for thirty days from the date of issuance and only while operating a vessel, personal watercraft, or specialty propcraft from a business engaged in the renting of vessels, personal watercrafts, or specialty propcrafts.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 3, by striking Section 50-21-95(A)(5) and inserting:

(5) is operating a vessel, personal watercraft, or specialty propcraft from a business engaged in the renting of vessels, personal watercrafts, or specialty propcrafts and is in possession of a valid boat rental safety certificate issued in the person's name; or

Amend the bill further, SECTION 3, by striking Section 50-21-95(A)(6)(b) and inserting:

(b) meets one of the criteria in items (1) through (4) of this subsection.