A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the legislative research commission to study mandatory boating safety education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Legislative Research Commission may study the feasibility of implementing mandatory boating education in this State. In conducting its study, the Commission shall evaluate the feasibility of requiring all persons to satisfy boating education requirements prior to operating a motorboat or personal watercraft.
SECTION 2.  The Legislative Research Commission shall submit a final report of the results of this study, including any legislative recommendations, to the 2009 General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to fund the work of the Commission.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.