To allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.

This bill changes federal law on state vessel numbering systems. It would allow a state that issues vessel numbers to require boat owners to pay state boating-related fees as a condition of getting a number. These fees may include fees for search and rescue, boating safety, or efforts to address aquatic invasive species. States could collect these fees together with other vessel numbering fees. Fees collected under this section could only be used for activities directly related to recreational boating, boater safety, boater access, waterway use by recreational boaters, and aquatic invasive species.

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Sponsors

• Jennifer A. Kiggans Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors