TwoBallScrewBall
Lieutenant Commander
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2003
- Messages
- 1,695
March 29, 2006 <br /><br />(remember, 'underway' according to the CG means any state of flaoting that is not at anchor or tied to a dock.)<br /><br />Dear BoatU.S. Member, <br /><br />New Jersey Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew (District 1: Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland), has proposed a bill (A2212) that would require kids ages 13-15 to wear a life jacket when a boat is underway. Current state law requires kids 12 years and younger to wear a PFD whenever the boat is underway. <br /><br />No state currently has life jacket requirements for kids older than 12. The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators has written a model act for states recommending requirements for kids 12 and younger. More than thirty states require kids 12 and younger to wear life jackets, while approximately a dozen states have lower age requirements. In the four states where there are no life jacket requirements, federal Coast Guard regulation requires kids 12 and younger to wear life jackets on federal waterways. <br /><br />We encourage you to contact your local Assembly member with your views on this issue. To contact your legislator, use this link: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp. <br /><br />Please share this email with your boating friends. <br /><br />Thank you, <br /><br />Margaret Podlich <br />Vice President, BoatU.S. Government Affairs <br />703-461-2864 <br />### <br />PLEASE NOTE: This email was sent to ****************************. If you prefer not to receive information such as this in the future, please send an e-mail to governmentaffairs@boatus.net from the same email that this was sent to and put the word "remove" in the subject line.<br />©2006 Boat Owners Association of The United States.<br />880 S. Pickett Street <br />Alexandria, Va.<br />22304 <br />All Rights Reserved.
