Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7-73

  • Commission: means the Boat Regulation Commission established pursuant to section 14 of P. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
  • Motor: means a temporarily or permanently installed fuel consuming mechanism by which the vessel is or may be propelled, including an electrical motor. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
  • Operator: means every person having charge, control, operation or direction of any vessel and the owner of the vessel if the owner is on the vessel at the time it is operated in violation of the law. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
  • Power vessel: means a vessel temporarily or permanently equipped with machinery for propulsion, including a personal watercraft, and shall not include a vessel propelled wholly by sails or by muscular power. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
  • Vessel: means a boat or watercraft, other than a sea plane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
4. a. The fee for a 48-month power vessel operator‘s license required pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1995, c.401 (C. 12:7-72) shall be $18 and shall be paid to the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Of the revenue derived from the fees imposed by this subsection, beginning July 1 following the date of enactment of P.L.2017, c.301, the sum of $500,000 shall be annually credited to and deposited in the “Lake Hopatcong Fund” established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2000, c.175 (C. 58:4B-12) and the remaining revenue shall be deposited into the General Fund.

b. Each New Jersey power vessel operator’s license issued pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1995, c.401 (C. 12:7-72) shall have a digitized color picture of the licensee. In addition to the fee required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the fee for the digitized color picture shall be $6 for each license or renewal.

L.1995, c.401, s.4; amended 1999, c.28, s.13; 2001, c.391, s.11; 2017, c.301, s.3.