Ch. 640                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

EACH CALENDAR YEAR A LIST OF ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED
A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE OF BOATING SAFETY EDUCATION BY THE
ENTITY IN THAT YEAR; AND

(2) MAINTAIN IN A CENTRAL REPOSITORY A LIST OF ALL
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE OF
BOATING SAFETY EDUCATION.

(E) (D) ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1988, A PERSON WHO IS SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS PARAGRAPH (1) OR (2) OF
SUBSECTION (A) 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 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 3 MONTHS OR BOTH.

(F) (E) A JUVENILE CHARGED WITH ANY VIOLATION UNDER THIS
SECTION SHALL BE CHARGED AND TRIED UNDER TITLE 3, SUBTITLE 8 OF
THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE.

(G) (F) (1) A NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER OR OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAY ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
ONLY AS A SECONDARY ACTION. WHEN THE OFFICER DETAINS AN OPERATOR
OF A VESSEL FOR A SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF ANOTHER PROVISION OF THE
CODE OR REGULATIONS ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER PROVISION
OF THE CODE.-------

(2) A PERSON MAY BE CITED, BUT NOT APPREHENDED
SOLELY, FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.

8-740.

(A) IF A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF 2 BOATING VIOLATIONS
SPECIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE OPERATION OF CONCERNING THE
OPERATION OF, OR SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON, A VESSEL WITHIN A 2-YEAR
PERIOD OF TIME, THE PERSON IS REQUIRED, AS A CONDITION OF
PROBATION OR SENTENCING, TO COMPLETE SUCCESSFULLY A BOATING
SAFETY EDUCATION COURSE THAT IS OFFERED OR APPROVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.

(B) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN NOTWITHSTANDING
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, IF A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING BOATING SAFETY VIOLATIONS IN THE OPERATION OF A
VESSEL, THE PERSON IS REQUIRED, AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION OR

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