View Amendment Current Amendment: 6206CM11.docx to Bill 3792     The Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry proposed the following amendment (SWB\6206CM11):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/SECTION     1.     Section 50-21-85 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 50-21-85.     No A person shall not operate any a vessel displaying, reflecting or using a rotating, strobing, flashing a , or intermittently reflecting blue light unless a duly commissioned law enforcement officer is on board.
    The operator of any a vessel being approached by a vessel flashing a blue light shall stop or maneuver in such a way as to permit boarding, so far as possible without endangering his own vessel, and not begin normal movement again until directed by the law enforcement officer or until the vessel flashing a blue light has cleared the immediate area.
The operator of any a vessel approaching any an area where a vessel flashing a blue light is located or patrolling shall slow his vessel to a no wake speed and shall maintain such the speed until clear of the area.
    Any A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section 50-21-150 must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days for each violation."

SECTION     2.     This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.