Sec. 309. Model years for recreational vessels
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Section 4302 of title 46, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: If in prescribing regulations under this section the Secretary establishes a model year for recreational vessels and associated equipment, such model year shall, except as provided in paragraph (2)— begin on June 1 of a year and end on July 31 of the following year; and be designated by the year in which it ends. Upon the request of a recreational vessel manufacturer to which this chapter applies, the Secretary may alter a model year for a model of recreational vessel of the manufacturer and associated equipment, by no more than 6 months from the model year described in paragraph (1). .
The amendment made by subsection shall only apply with respect to recreational vessels and associated equipment constructed or manufactured, respectively, on or after June 1, 2015. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall publish guidance to implement subsection (e)(2) of section 4302 of title 46, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).