72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 2577
 
                         Senate Bill 420
 
Sponsored by Senator CORCORAN
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
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measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Directs State Marine Board to allow person to meet requirement
for boating safety course by showing proof of at least 10 years
of boat registration.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to boating safety certificates; amending ORS 830.084.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 830.084 is amended to read:
  830.084. In establishing the mandatory boating safety education
program pursuant to ORS 830.082, the State Marine Board shall:
  (1) Set a minimum standard of boating safety education
competency. The standard shall be consistent with the applicable
standard established by the National Association of State Boating
Law Administrators. The board may update the minimum standard of
competency as necessary.
  (2) Create a boating safety course of instruction and
examination designed to educate and test for the minimum standard
of safety established pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
  (3) Create an equivalency exam that may substitute for taking
the boating safety course.
  (4) Incorporate volunteer boating safety education programs to
the maximum extent possible.
  (5) Allow use of commercially provided boating safety courses,
provided they meet the standard adopted by the board.
  (6) Accept   { - proof of prior completion of any approved
boating safety course - }  as meeting the requirement for a
boating safety course { + :
  (a) Proof of prior completion of any approved boating safety
course; or
  (b) Ten or more years of boat registration + }.
  (7) Establish a fee for the boating safety certificate issued
under ORS 830.086 that may not exceed $10.
  (8) Establish a temporary boating safety certificate that is
valid for 60 days and issued in conjunction with a temporary
certificate of number for newly acquired boats.
  (9) Promote the fact that insurance discounts of 10 percent to
15 percent are widely available for taking a boating safety
course that meets the minimum standard established pursuant to
subsection (1) of this section.
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