California Harbors and Navigation Code 678.5 – (a) The division may develop and provide a vessel operator …
(a) The division may develop and provide a vessel operator examination on the division’s Internet Web site. The division shall provide links from the division’s Internet Web site to other vessel operator examinations approved by the division that are available through a provider whose course has been approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.
(b) If the division contracts for the provision of vessel operator examination services with test vendors, the division shall conduct a formal competitive bid process and shall contract with more than one vendor for those services.
Terms Used In California Harbors and Navigation Code 678.5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Operator: means the person aboard a vessel who meets any of the following:
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- State: means a state of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
- Vessel: includes every description of a watercraft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except either of the following:
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(c) A vessel operator examination developed or approved by the division shall be consistent with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators’ National Boating Education Standards, as applicable to basic vessel operations, rules of navigation, and boating safety only.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 433, Sec. 1. (SB 941) Effective January 1, 2015.)