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Code · Connecticut · Title 15 — Navigation and Aeronautics · CHAPTER 268 — Boating

Sec. 15-140f. Courses in safe boating operation. Safe water skiing instruction. Regulations. Reciprocity.

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(a)The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall formulate courses in safe boating operation.
(1)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.
(2)The commissioner shall amend the regulations described in subdivision
(1)of this subsection to set forth the content for instruction on safe water skiing, which shall be part of the course in safe boating operation. Such safe water skiing content shall include instruction on the safe operation of a vessel while engaged in water skiing. Such regulations may include provisions establishing a fee for a safe water skiing endorsement and an alternative online course only for such safe water skiing endorsement and shall include provisions for the issuance of a safe water skiing endorsement to be placed on a safe boating certificate or certificate of personal watercraft operation, including, but not limited to, provisions for including safe water skiing questions in the safe boating certificate examination and provisions for revoking any such endorsement. The commissioner shall make available on the department's Internet web site online information in safe water skiing that provides equivalent information on safe water skiing to such safe water skiing instruction provided as part of the course in safe boating operation.
(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 Energy and Environmental Protection employee or agent shall use Department of Energy and 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.
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