SB2815 - Tennessee: Boats, Boating, Criminal Offenses

Companion Bill HB2761. Boats, Boating - Creates criminal offense of leaving scene of boating accident; penalty is Class A misdemeanor when injury results from accident or Class E felony when death results from accident. - Amends TCA Section 69-9-210. Fiscal Summary for SB2815 / *HB2761Increase State Expenditures - $6,900/Incarceration* Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2815 / *HB2761 Present law requires that when there is a boating accident in Tennessee, it is the duty of the operator, so far as the operator can do so safely, to render assistance to all other persons affected by the accident. Present law also requires the boat operator to give the operator's name, address, and boat name or registration number [...]

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