WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 6

(c) (1) The Department or [its] THE DEPARTMENT'S designee shall issue
a certificate of boating safety education to a person who:

(i) Passes the [departmentally prescribed] course PRESCRIBED
BY THE DEPARTMENT in boating safety education; or

(ii) Passes a boating safety equivalency examination administered by
persons authorized to offer the course on boating safety education.

(3) (i) Once issued, the certificate of boating safety education:

1. [is] IS valid for the lifetime of the person to whom [it] THE
CERTIFICATE was issued; and

2. [may] MAY not be revoked by the Department or a court
of law.

(4) (i) The Department or [its] THE DEPARTMENT'S designee may
issue a 30-day temporary certificate of boating safety education to a person who signs
an affidavit stating that the person has read and understood the boating safety
education materials provided by the Department.

(ii) The 30-day temporary certificate of boating safety education
issued in accordance with [paragraph (4)(i) of this subsection] SUBPARAGRAPH (I)
OF THIS PARAGRAPH may be renewed for [one] 1 additional 30-day period.

(d) On or after July 1, 1988[,] a person who is subject to the provisions of
[paragraph (1) of subsection (a)] SUBSECTION (A)(l) of this section and who
operates on waters of the State a vessel for pleasure that is required to be numbered in
accordance with this subtitle or a vessel for pleasure that is required to be numbered in
accordance with the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, in violation of any requirement of
this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:

(1) For a first offense, a fine not exceeding $25; and

(2) For any subsequent offense that occurs within 2 years of a prior
conviction under this section, a fine not exceeding $500.

(f) (2) A person may be cited[,] but not apprehended solely[,] for a violation
of this section.

8-714.

(b) Numbers displayed by authority of manufacturer's or dealer's certificates of
number may be transferred from [one] 1 vessel to another vessel owned by the
manufacturer or dealer and may be affixed in a temporary manner. These numbers shall
be used only on vessels demonstrated, tested, or owned by the manufacturer or dealer,
and these numbers are not valid for use on the vessels when chartered, rented, or leased
by the manufacturer or dealer.

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