CSHB 93(TRA): "An Act relating to boating safety, registration, and numbering; repealing secs. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 27, and 30, ch. 28, SLA 2000; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 93(TRA) 01 "An Act relating to boating safety, registration, and numbering; repealing secs. 3, 5, 7, 02 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 27, and 30, ch. 28, SLA 2000; and providing for an effective 03 date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 05.25.055(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) An undocumented boat placed on water of the state must be registered and 07 numbered as required by this chapter. The Department of Administration shall adopt 08 by regulation a boat registration and numbering system that 09 [(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,] is 10 consistent with the national standard for state numbering systems established by the 11 United States Coast Guard [; AND 12 (2) USES A SIZE-APPROPRIATE DECAL FOR A BOAT THAT IS 13 NOT EQUIPPED WITH MECHANICAL PROPULSION, THAT IS EXCLUSIVELY 14 PADDLED, POLED, ROWED, OR POWERED BY WIND, AND THAT IS 10 FEET
01 OR GREATER IN LENGTH]. 02 * Sec. 2. AS 05.25.055(i) is amended to read: 03 (i) The following boats are exempt from the numbering and registration 04 provisions of this section: 05 (1) a boat that is operated in this state for a period not exceeding 90 06 consecutive days and that has a current, valid certificate of number issued by another 07 state having a federally approved numbering system; 08 (2) a foreign boat operated in water of the state for a period not 09 exceeding 90 consecutive days; 10 (3) a boat owned by the United States or an entity or political 11 subdivision of the United States, or a boat owned by a state or an entity or political 12 subdivision of a state; 13 (4) a boat that is not equipped with mechanical propulsion [, THAT IS 14 EXCLUSIVELY PADDLED, POLED, ROWED, OR POWERED BY WIND, AND 15 THAT IS 16 (A) UNDER 10 FEET IN LENGTH; OR 17 (B) OPERATED IN THIS STATE FOR A PERIOD NOT 18 EXCEEDING 30 DAYS IN A CALENDAR YEAR BY A PERSON WHO 19 HAS NOT ESTABLISHED RESIDENCY AS DESCRIBED UNDER 20 AS 01.10.055]; 21 (5) a boat with a valid document to operate the boat that is issued by 22 the United States or a foreign government. 23 * Sec. 3. Sections 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 27, and 30, ch. 28, SLA 2000, are 24 repealed. 25 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).