Sec. 15-140f. Courses in safe boating operation. Regulations. Reciprocity. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 15-140f. Courses in safe boating operation. Regulations. Reciprocity. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall formulate courses in safe boating operation.

      (b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the content of safe boating operation courses. Such regulations may include provisions for examinations, issuance of safe boating certificates and establishment of reasonable fees for the course and examination and for issuing certificates, temporary certificates and duplicate certificates. Any fees collected pursuant to such regulations shall be deposited in the boating account established pursuant to section 15-155.

      (c) No person shall teach a course in safe boating operation that satisfies the requirements for issuance of a safe boating certificate if the commissioner has not approved such course.

      (d) No Department of Environmental Protection employee or agent shall use Department of Environmental Protection safe boating course materials for personal gain.

      (e) Any person who holds a certificate from another state that has a reciprocal agreement with the commissioner may operate a vessel on the waters of this state.

      (f) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than sixty dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation.

      (P.A. 89-388, S. 2, 27; P.A. 91-408, S. 12, 18; P.A. 00-152, S. 4; P.A. 01-105, S. 10; P.A. 08-26, S. 5.)

      History: P.A. 91-408 amended Subsec. (b) to replace "certificates of boating operation" with "safe boating certificates" and authorize the regulations to include provisions for the establishment of a fee for the issuance of a temporary certificate, and added Subsec. (c) re reciprocity; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference in Subsec. (b) to "Boating Fund" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "boating account" to conform section to Sec. 15-155); P.A. 00-152 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting language authorizing department to enter into reciprocal agreements and language re successfully completing safe boating course; P.A. 01-105 made technical changes; P.A. 08-26 added new Subsec. (c) requiring commissioner's course approval, Subsec. (d) prohibiting use of department materials for personal gain and Subsec. (f) re penalty for violation and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (e).