SB1270: Marina operators; includes state & local agencies among those required to file lists of boat owners.
SENATE BILL NO. 1270
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.