Ch. 825                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  1691

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 826
(House Bill 989)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 4A, 4D, 4E[[(a)]]
(b) and (c), 4-I, 4K, 4M, 4-O, 5, 6 (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), 9 [[and 12F]] of Article
14B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "State Boat Act," to amend the State Boat Act to permit
numbering of boats not required to be numbered; to require titling within thirty
(30) days after acquisition and the form of certification for application; to
require reporting of transfers by dealers; to require dealers to forward monies
and application; to provide for tax free transfer between certain parties; to
require manufacturers and dealers to supply transferees with certain certificates;
to make certain transfers tax exempt; to provide for return of mutilated or
illegible certificates; to make certain certificates of number invalid on certain
chartered or leased vessels; to specify the time for temporary use of Maryland
waters; to extend the scope of required numbering: to exempt certain vessels
from the certification fee and title tax; to provide for certificate renewal fee or
service charge and to increase the fee for lost certificates and the title tax; to
provide for assistance in boating accidents and immunity from civil liability for
those rendering assistance; to substitute the Department of Natural Resources
for the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs and the Commission of
Chesapeake Bay Affairs as to certain functions; to set the time limit which
un-numbered foreign vessels may stay in Maryland waters; and to amend the
State Boat Act generally so as to comply with the Federal Boat Safety Act of
1971.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 4A, 4D, 4E[[(a)]] (b) and (c), 4-I, 4K, 4M, 4-O, 5,
6 (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), 9 [[and 12F]] of Article 14B of the Annotated of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement)
title "State Boat Act" be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

4A.

(a)  Except as provided in Section 4B, every owner of a vessel principally used upon
the waters of Maryland and" [required] to be numbered by this State [as set forth in
Section 5 of this article] shall make application to the Department for a certificate of
title for the vessel.

(b)  Except as provided in Section 4B, the Department shall not issue or renew a
certificate of number to any vessel required to be registered and numbered in this
State unless a certificate of title has been issued by the Department to the owner.

4D.

(a) Every owner of a vessel subject to titling under the provisions of this article shall
WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER ACQUISITION make application to the
Department for the issuance of a certificate of title for such vessel accompanied by the
required fee and tax upon forms prescribed by the Department. The application shall
be signed and sworn to before a notary public or other officer empowered to
administer oaths OR A CERTIFICATION SIGNED IN WRITING
CONTAINING SUBSTANTIALLY THE REPRESENTATION, UNDER THE