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PUBLIC LAW 86-911-SEPT. 2, 1968

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(g) The certificate of number granted under subsection (c) or (d) of this section shall be pocket size and shall be required to be at all times available for inspection on the vessel for which issued whenever such vessel is in use, and shall constitute a document in lieu of a marine document that sets forth an official number issued by the Bureau of Customs. (h) Whenever the Secretary determines that a State is not administering its approved system for numbering vessels in accordance with the standards set forth under subsection (c) of this section, he may withdraw such approval. The Secretary shall not withdraw his approval of a State system of numbering until he has given notice in writing to the State setting forth specifically wherein the State has failed to maintain such standards. Notice of transSEO. 4. The owner of any vessel numbered under section 3(d) of fer. Ante, p. 1755. this Act shall furnish to the Secretary notice of the transfer of all or any part of his interest in any numbered vessel, and of the destruction, or abandonment of such vessel, within a reasonable time thereof. The owner shall notify the Secretary of any change in his address within a reasonable time of such change. Fees or charges. SEC. 5. The Secretary may prescribe reasonable fees or charges for the numbering of a vessel, or renewal thereof, under subsections (d) Ante, p. 1755. and (e) of section 3 of this Act. SEC. 6, (a) Section 13 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels, to regulate equipment of certain motorboats on the navigable waters of the United States, and for other 54 Stat. 166. purposes", approved April 25, 1940 (46 U.S.C. 5261), is amended to read as follows: "Operate." "SEC. 13. (a) No person shall operate any motorboat or any vessel in a reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person. To 'operate' means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or a vessel. Accident assist "(b) In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving ance. a motorboat or other vessel subject to this Act, it shall be the duty of the operator, if and so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, or persons aboard, to render such assistance as may be practicable and necessary to other persons affected by the collision, accident, or casualty in order to save them from danger caused by the collision, accident, or casualty. He shall also give his name, address, and identification of his vessel to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged. The duties imposed by this subsection shall be in addition to any duties otherwise provided by law. Accident reports. "(c) I n the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving a motorboat or other vessel subject to this Act, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident, or other casualty results in death or injury to any person, or damage to property in excess of $100, shall file with the Secretary of the Department within which the Coast Guard is operating, unless such operator is required to file an accident report with the State under section 3(c)(6) of the Federal Boating Act of Ante, p. 1755. 1958, a full description of the collision, accident, or other casualty, including such information as the Secretary may by regulation require." 54 Stat. 166. (b) Section 16 of such Act of April 25, 1940 (46 XJ. S. C. 526o), is amended by striking out "than that contained in section 14 of this Act". Applicability. (c) Such Act of April 25, 1940 (46 U.S.C. 526-526t), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 22. (a) This Act shall apply to every motorboat or vessel on the navigable waters of the United States, its Territories and the

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