S.B. 563                                                  VETOES

Senate Bill No. 563

AN ACT concerning

Natural Resources - Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Licensing

Boaters - Establishment

FOR the purpose of establishing the Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Licensing
Boaters in the State; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring
the Governor to appoint the chair of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to
study certain policy, administrative, security, and economic issues surrounding
the establishment of a State boating license and to make certain
recommendations; providing for reimbursement of the expenses of a member of
the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the
General Assembly on or before a certain date; providing for the termination of
this Act; and generally relating to the establishment of the Task Force to Study
the Feasibility of Licensing Boaters in the State.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(a)     There is a Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Licensing Boaters in the
State.

(b)     The Task Force shall consist of the following members:

(1)     a member of the Maryland House of Delegates appointed by the
Speaker of the House;

(2)     a member of the Senate of Maryland appointed by the President of
the Senate;

(3)     two representatives of the Department of Natural Resources, one of
whom shall be a Natural Resources Police Officer, appointed by the Secretary of
Natural Resources;

(4)     a representative of the Motor Vehicle Administration appointed by
the Motor Vehicle Administrator; and

(5)     three persons appointed by the Governor, including:

(i) a representative of an organization that represents the interests
of boaters in the State; and

(ii) an owner and operator of a marina in the State.

(c)      The Governor shall appoint the chair of the Task Force.

(d)     The Task Force shall:

(1) study the feasibility of licensing boaters in the State, including issues
regarding:

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