SB1270: Marina operators; includes state & local agencies among those required to file lists of boat owners.

SENATE BILL NO. 1270

Offered January 14, 2013
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-3902 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marina operators filing lists of boat owners.
Patron-- Ruff

Referred to Committee on Finance

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 58.1-3902 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 58.1-3902. Certain operators of marinas or boat storage places to file lists of owners of boats.

Every person or state or local agency operating in this the Commonwealth a marina or boat storage place which accommodates more than four boats shall, on or before February 1 of each year, upon the request of the commissioner of the revenue of the county or city in which such marina or boat storage place is located, file with such commissioner of the revenue a list giving the name and address of the owner and operator, if such is available, and the name and number of each boat physically located and normally kept at his marina or boat storage place as of the preceding January 1. The list shall be divided into the following three categories: (i) watercraft which are eighteen feet and over; (ii) watercraft which are under eighteen feet and motorized; and (iii) watercraft which are under eighteen feet and nonmotorized. Violators of this section shall be are guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.