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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Require the Use of Personal Flotation Devices in Canoes and Kayaks’
Amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph A in subparagraph (2) in the last line (page 1, line 12 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "need;" the following: 'or'
Amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph A by striking out all of subparagraph (3) (page 1, lines 13 to 15 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
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(3) Fails to wear a Coast Guard approved Type I, Type II or Type III personal flotation device while canoeing or kayaking on the Saco River between Hiram Dam and the Atlantic Ocean between January 1st and June 1st; or
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 17 in the first line (page 1, line 22 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " canoes " the following: ' and kayaks '
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 17 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 23 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "canoe" the following: 'or kayak'
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 17 in paragraph A in the first line (page 1, line 24 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "canoe" the following: 'or kayak'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, requires that a person operating or being a passenger in a kayak wear a personal flotation device.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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