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Old 07-03-2006, 01:50 PM   #1
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Anyone know what the fine/penalty is for operating a boat without a boater ed certificate?
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Old 07-03-2006, 04:45 PM   #2
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270-D:11 Possession Required; Penalty. –
I. Any person required to have a safe boater education certificate shall:
(a) Possess the certificate when operating a motorized vessel with any type of power motor in excess of 25 horsepower on the public waters of the state.
(b) Present the certificate upon the demand of a marine patrol officer.
II. No person charged with a violation of this section shall be convicted if, within a period of 48 hours, the person presents to the officer evidence that he or she held a valid safe boater education certificate which was in effect at the time of the violation.
III. Enforcement of this section shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when an operator of a motorized or registered vessel has been cited or charged with a violation or some other offense.
IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of $50 for a first offense and $250 for any subsequent offense.

Source. 2000, 52:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. 2002, 272:3, eff. May 18, 2002.
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Old 07-04-2006, 12:18 AM   #3
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With administrative fees those net out to $60 and $300 respectively.

A classroom boating course (much more betterer than that silly on-line thing) is $10 to register-then after you pass the test, $10 for your plastic certificate. Such a deal! and good for life.
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Old 07-05-2006, 11:02 AM   #4
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With administrative fees those net out to $60 and $300 respectively.

A classroom boating course (much more betterer than that silly on-line thing) is $10 to register-then after you pass the test, $10 for your plastic certificate. Such a deal! and good for life.

some of us cant always make it to the classroom no worries next year it will be all over anyways
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Old 07-05-2006, 11:11 AM   #5
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Can anyone tell me if the on-line testing has stopped yet, if not when?
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You can take the online test until January 1, 2007.

http://www.boat-ed.com/nh/nh_internet.htm
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