Title 79A, PUBLIC RECREATIONAL LANDS

(1) The legislature finds that: (a) Washington state has the greatest length of marine shoreline miles of the lower forty-eight states; (b) Such marine waters and the extensive freshwater lakes and rivers of the state provide innumerable recreational opportunities, and support a …

The commission shall undertake a statewide recreational boating fire prevention education program concerning the safe use of marine fuels and electrical systems. The boating fire prevention education program shall provide for the distribution of fire safety materials and decals w…

(1) The Washington sea grant program, in consultation with the department of ecology, shall develop and conduct a voluntary spill prevention education program that targets small spills from commercial fishing vessels, ferries, cruise ships, ports, and marinas. Washington sea gran…

(1) The commission shall establish and implement by rule a program to provide required boating safety education. The boating safety education program shall include training on preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. The boating safety education program shall include ed…

(1) No person shall operate or permit the operation of motor-driven boats and vessels with a mechanical power of fifteen horsepower or greater unless the person: (a) Is at least twelve years of age, except that an operator of a personal watercraft shall comply with the age requir…

The boating safety education certification account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from fees collected for the issuance of a boater education card shall be deposited in the account and shall be used only for the administration of RCW 79A.60.630 and …

(1) No person may operate a motor-driven boat or vessel or have the engine of a motor-driven boat or vessel run idle while an individual is teak surfing, platform dragging, or bodysurfing behind the motor-driven boat or vessel. (2) No person may operate a motor-driven boat or ves…

(1) The boating activities program is created in the recreation and conservation funding board. (2) The recreation and conservation funding board shall distribute moneys appropriated from the boating activities account created in RCW 79A.60.690 as follows, or as otherwise appropr…

(1) By December 1, 2007, the *interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall complete an initial study of boater needs and make recommendations to the appropriate committees of the legislature on the initial amount of funding that should be provided to the commission for boat…

The boating activities account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only as authorized under RCW 79A.60.670 and 79A.60.680. Grants, gifts, or other financial assistance received by…

(1) The refusal of a person to submit to a test of the alcohol concentration, THC concentration, or presence of any drug in the person's blood or breath is not admissible into evidence at a subsequent criminal trial. (2) A person's refusal to submit to a test or tests pursuant to…

(1) No person who has vessels for hire, or the agent or employee thereof, shall rent, lease, charter, or otherwise permit the use of a vessel, unless the person: (a) Displays the vessel registration numbers and a valid decal on the vessel hull as required by RCW 88.02.550(1); (b)…