New York A 8626: Requires pontoon boat rental businesses to equip all pontoon boats available for rent with a safety ladder

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A08626 Summary:

BILL NOA08626 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMikulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add 44-a, Nav L

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Requires pontoon boat rental businesses to equip all pontoon boats available for rent with a safety ladder; defines terms; establishes penalties.

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BILL NOA08626 

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05/22/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8626

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to requiring pontoon
 boat rental businesses to equip all pontoon boats available for rent
 with a safety ladder

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The navigation law is amended by adding a new section 44-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 44-a. Safety ladders equipped on pontoon boat rentals. 1. For the
 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 (a) "Pontoon boat" means a boat:
 7 (i) floated by two bullet shaped pontoons;
 8 (ii) containing no inboard motors; and
 9 (iii) not exceeding twenty-four feet in length, as measured from end
 10 to end on the pontoon.
 11 (b) "Pontoon boat rental business" means a business that offers
 12 pontoon boats for rent to the general public, but shall not include an
 13 individual who allows another individual to use their boat for personal
 14 relationships and without compensation.
 15 (c) "Safety ladder" means any ladder that is not in the form of ropes,
 16 that is affixed to a pontoon boat and which is designed and manufactured
 17 in accordance with the standards and guidelines established by the
 18 department of parks, recreation and historic preservation.
 19 2. No person, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company
 20 which is the owner of a pontoon boat rental boat business shall knowing-
 21 ly rent or make available for rent a pontoon boat that is not equipped
 22 with a safety ladder.
 23 3. Failure to properly equip a pontoon boat with a safety ladder prior
 24 to the rental of such boat shall result in a warning for a first noted

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11776-01-5

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 1 violation, while each subsequent violation of this section shall result
 2 in a fine of five hundred dollars per violation.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 4 law. Effective immediately, the department of parks, recreation and
 5 historic preservation is authorized to promulgate, amend and/or repeal
 6 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 7 or before such effective date.

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