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 97 STAT. 592 PUBLIC LAW 98-89—AUG. 26, 1983 28 USC 636. § 12308. Providing vessel numbering and registration information A person may request from an authority issuing a number under this chapter the numbering and registration information of a vessel that is retrievable from vessel numbering system records of the issuing authority. When the issuing authority is satisfied that the request is reasonable and related to a boating safety purpose, the information shall be provided on paying the cost of retrieving and providing the information requested. § 12309. Penalties (a) A person willfully violating this chapter or a regulation pre- scribed under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (b) A person violating this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000. If the violation involves the operation of a vessel, the vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty. (c) When a civil penalty of not more than $200 has been assessed under this chapter, the Secretary may refer the matter of collection of the penalty directly to the United States magistrate of the jurisdiction in which the person liable may be found for collection procedures under supervision of the district court and under an order issued by the court delegating this authority under section 636(b) of title 28. PART I—STATE BOATING SAFETY PROGRAMS CHAPTER 131—RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY Contracts. Guidelines and standards. Sec. 13101. State recreational boating seifety programs. 13102. Program acceptance. 13103. Allocations. 13104. Availability of allocations. 13105. Computation decisions about State amounts expended. 13106. Authorization of contract spending. 13107. National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund. 13108. Computing amounts allocated to States and State records requirements. 13109. Consultation, cooperation, and regulation. 13110. National Boating Safety Advisory Council. § 13101. State recreational boating safety programs (a) To encourage greater State participation and uniformity in boating safety and facility improvement efforts, and particularly to permit the States to assume the greater share of boating safety education, assistance, and enforcement activities, the Secretary shall carry out a national recreational boating safety and facilities improvement program. Under this program, the Secretary may make contracts with, and allocate and distribute amounts to, eligi- ble States to assist them in developing, carrying out, and financing State recreational boating safety and facilities improvement programs. (b) The Secretary shall establish guidelines and standards for the program. In doing so, the Secretary— (1) shall consider, among other things, factors affecting recre- ational boating safety by contributing to overcrowding and congestion of waterways, such as the increasing number of

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