Michigan Compiled Laws 451-1994-iii-2-3-charter-and-liv Part 445 Charter And Livery Boat Safety (324.44501...324.44526)

• Section 324.44501 Definitions.
  As used in this part: (a) "Boat livery" means a place of business or any location where a person rents or offers for rent...
• Section 324.44502 Conditions To Renting Or Leasing Charter Boat Or Carrying Passengers For Hire; Possession And Display Of Valid Pilot's License; Obtaining Vessel Inspection Certificate And Pilot's License.
  (1) A person shall not rent or lease, or offer to rent or lease, a charter boat, and a person shall not carry passengers...
• Section 324.44503 Conditions To Advertising Or Arranging For Carrying Passenger On Charter Boat.
  A person shall not advertise or arrange for the carrying of any passenger on a charter boat unless the charter boat has been issued...
• Section 324.44504 Rules Establishing Minimum Safety Standards For Charter Boats; Vessel Ventilation And Rail Height.
  (1) The department shall promulgate rules to establish minimum safety standards for charter boats. The safety standards shall be designed to ensure the safety...
• Section 324.44505 Public Liability Insurance; Notice Of Cancellation Or Expiration.
  An insurance carrier that issues public liability insurance required by this part or a rule promulgated under this part shall notify the department immediately,...
• Section 324.44506 Rules For Licensing Pilots Of Charter Boats.
  The department shall promulgate rules for the licensing of pilots of charter boats on inland waters. Rules promulgated under this section shall be designed...
• Section 324.44507 Inspection Of Charter Boats And Equipment; Certificate Of Inspection; Number Of Crew; Effect Of Noncompliance.
  (1) Except for an inspection under section 44511(2) and except for a class E vessel that is a charter boat, the department shall inspect...
• Section 324.44508 Availability Of Fish In Waters Utilized By Charter Boats; Catch Activity Committee; Composition; Duties; Reports; Charter Boat Operator Engaged In Fishing; Duties.
  (1) The department may research the availability of fish in the waters of this state that are utilized by charter boats. (2) The department...
• Section 324.44509 Operation Of Charter Boat In Violation Of Terms Of Certificate Of Inspection.
  (1) A person shall not operate a charter boat in violation of the terms of a certificate of inspection. (2) Subsection (1) does not...
• Section 324.44510 State Pilot's License Or Renewal; Examination; Reexamination; Revocation; Issuance; Duration.
  (1) The department shall examine, or provide for the examination of, all applicants for a state pilot's license or renewal of an existing state...
• Section 324.44511 Application For Charter Boat Inspection Or State Pilot's Examination; Filing; Fee; Form; Furnishing Required Information; False Information; Signature As Certification Of True And Correct Information; Inspection Fee Schedules For Dry Dock And Dockside Inspection; Inspection Without Fee Or For Reduced Fee; Examination Fee For State Pilot's License; Forfeiture Of Application Fee; Disposition And Use Of Inspection Fees.
  (1) The owner of a charter boat required to be inspected under this part and a person required to be licensed as a state...
• Section 324.44512 Petition For Evidentiary Hearing; Appeal.
  (1) A person denied a state pilot's license or the owner of a charter boat for which a certificate of inspection has been denied...
• Section 324.44513 Reciprocity; Annual Operating Permit; Amount And Use Of Fees; Education And Enforcement Program; Printed Materials.
  (1) The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states and countries concerning the operation and inspection of charter boats from those states...
• Section 324.44514 Repealed. 2012, Act 249, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to conditions for operation of boat livery.
• Section 324.44515 Rules Requiring Equipment And Minimum Safety Standards For Livery Boats.
  The department shall promulgate rules requiring equipment and minimum safety standards for livery boats that are rented or leased to the public by boat...
• Section 324.44516 Boat Livery; Annual Inspection Decal, Plate, Or Tab; Permit Application; Inspection Fee; Inspection By Sheriff's Department; Permit; Issuance; Display; Powers And Duties Of Department And Conservation Officer; Items To Be Furnished By Department Of Natural Resources.
  (1) A boat livery shall not rent a motorized livery boat unless the livery boat has a current annual inspection decal, plate, or tab...
• Section 324.44517 Repealed. 2012, Act 249, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to inspection fees for livery boats.
• Section 324.44518 Affixing Inspection Decal, Plate, Or Tab To Motorized Livery Boat; Expiration; Fees; Information; Amount, Disposition, And Use Of Fees.
  (1) The sheriff of the county where a boat livery is located or a deputy sheriff shall affix or cause to be affixed an...
• Section 324.44519 Removing, Damaging, Or Mutilating Inspection Decal, Plate, Or Tab.
  A boat livery owner, the designated representative of the boat livery owner, or any other person, except an inspecting officer, shall not remove, damage,...
• Section 324.44520 Written Rental Contract Required For Certain Livery Boats; Relinquishing Physical Control; Responsibility Of Individual Renting Livery Boat; Display Of Information.
  (1) The owner of a boat livery shall not rent a livery boat more than 20 feet in length to be used on navigable...
• Section 324.44520a Nonmotorized Livery Boat; Liability For Injury Or Death To User; Notice; Definitions.
  (1) An owner of a nonmotorized livery boat is not liable for an injury to or the death of a user of the nonmotorized...
• Section 324.44521 Presenting Rental Contract Or Lease Agreement For Examination By Peace Officer; Prohibited Conduct By Person Renting, Leasing, Or Operating Livery Boat.
  (1) Any person renting, leasing, or operating a livery boat on navigable waters that is more than 20 feet in length shall present for...
• Section 324.44522 Rental Of Personal Watercraft; Prohibition; Certification Required; Rental Agreement; Contents; Validity; Liability; Violation Of Subsection (1) Or (2) As Misdemeanor; Impoundment.
  (1) A boat livery shall not rent a personal watercraft to any of the following: (a) A person who is under 14 years of...
• Section 324.44522a Inspection By Peace Officer.
  In addition to inspections conducted for purposes of section 44516 or under section 80166, a peace officer may inspect any livery boat at a...
• Section 324.44523 Petition For Evidentiary Hearing.
  (1) A boat livery owner denied a permit to operate a boat livery by an inspecting officer designated by the department may petition the...
• Section 324.44524 Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalties; Seizure, Condemnation, And Confiscation Of Vessel; Issuance Of Appearance Ticket.
  (1) A person who violates this part or a rule promulgated under this part is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not...
• Section 324.44525 Applicability And Construction Of Part.
  (1) Except for the reporting requirements of section 44508, this part does not apply to a vessel that is required to be inspected by...
• Section 324.44526 Effect Of Rules.
  Except as otherwise provided in section 44504, rules promulgated pursuant to former Act No. 244 of the Public Acts of 1986 or an act...

Last modified: October 10, 2016