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Committee approves bill requiring second renter to complete safety training when more than one person on rental boats
Summary
House Bill 556 would require an additional person on a rented vessel to complete rental safety training (or hold an equivalent certificate) so that more than one occupant has completed basic boater-rental safety instruction; the committee approved the bill after sponsors and DNR staff described current rental-certification practices.
The Game, Fish & Parks committee advanced House Bill 556, a measure aimed at reducing incidents on rental vessels by requiring that when a rental boat carries more than one person, a second person also complete the rental education or hold an equivalent certificate.
Representative Cox, sponsor of the bill, said the idea came from conversations with…
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