Boats, Boating - As enacted, removes the monitoring requirement for boating safety examinations; replaces statutory fees for boating safety certificates and replacement cards with authorization for TWRA to set such fees., the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 214

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 561

                                             By Hatcher, Gardenhire, Bowling

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 530

                                                        By Eldridge, Lynn

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 9, relative to operator requirements
          for boating.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 69-9-226(a), is amended by deleting
subdivisions (1) and (2) and substituting the following:

                    (1) Has successfully completed a National Association of State Boating Law
          Administrators (NASBLA) approved boating safety examination that is approved by the
          agency; and

                    (2) Has received a certificate from the agency as evidence of successful completion of
          an NASBLA approved boating safety examination that is approved by the agency; or

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 69-9-226(c), is amended by deleting
subdivision (4) and substituting the following:

                    (4) Shall be issued for a fee set by the commission, with the fee not to exceed fifteen
          dollars ($15.00). The commission may also set a separate fee for the issuance of a
          replacement card, with the fee not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00).

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 69-9-226(d)(4)(A), is amended by deleting
the word "monitored".

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 561

PASSED:  April 3, 2025

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                              RANDY M1NALLv
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                             SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                        CAMEROl'PSEXTON,SPEAKER
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

t:1: 11pr.- , APPROVED this
         day of               2025

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR