All states should adopt this. Although in Florida we do have the voluntary inspection which gets you a sticker and oft left alone.

New York needs this desperately, especially on the Hudson River and waters of Long Island.

We get the sticker in Michigan also but they still stop us over and over.

Michigan law changed this year. You much have reasonable cause to stop a boat. No more "Safety Checks". Not to say you weren't weaving or your numbers don't meet the standards, many reasons to stop you if they look hard enough.

Gary, where can I find info on this?

Here is the law, copied from the Michigan website at... http://www.legislature.mi.gov/docume...12-PA-0062.pdf

Basically, if you have a safety inspection sticker that is current you can't be stopped without 'reasonable suspicion'.



STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5110
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to
codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate
the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural
resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for
certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide
remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 80166 (MCL 324.80166), as amended by 2002
PA 636.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 80166. (1) Upon the direction of a peace officer acting in the lawful performance of his or her duty, the operator
of a vessel moving on the waters of this state shall immediately bring the vessel to a stop or maneuver it in a manner
that permits the peace officer to come beside the vessel. The operator of the vessel shall do the following upon the
request of the peace officer:
(a) Provide his or her correct name and address.
(b) Exhibit the certificate of number awarded for the vessel.
(c) If the vessel does not bear a decal described in section 80166a or an equivalent decal issued by or on behalf of
another state, submit to a reasonable inspection of the vessel and to a reasonable inspection and test of the equipment
of the vessel.
(2) A peace officer shall not stop and inspect a vessel bearing the decal described in section 80166a or an equivalent
decal issued by or on behalf of another state during the period the decal remains in effect unless that peace officer has
a reasonable suspicion that the vessel or the vessel’s operator is in violation of a marine law or is otherwise engaged in
criminal activity.
(3) A person who is detained for a violation of this part or of a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a
provision of this part and who furnishes a peace officer false, forged, fictitious, or misleading verbal or written information
identifying the person as another person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(4) A peace officer who observes a marine law violation or the commission of a crime may immediately arrest the
person without a warrant or issue to the person a written or verbal warning.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect November 1, 2012.
(49)
EHB 5110
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And here's the part about the sticker that is referenced in the above law... Michigan Legislature - Section 324.80166a

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994


324.80166a Agreement with United States coast guard.
Sec. 80166a.

(1) The department may enter into an agreement with the United States coast guard, the United States coast guard auxiliary, or an organization sponsored by the United States coast guard or the United States coast guard auxiliary to provide for vessel safety checks of a vessel and its equipment. An agreement entered into under this subsection shall not preclude the department, or any peace officer within his or her jurisdiction, from performing an inspection of a vessel or the vessel's equipment for enforcement purposes or courtesy purposes.

(2) An agreement entered into under this section shall specify that the United States coast guard, the United States coast guard auxiliary, or an organization sponsored by the United States coast guard or the United States coast guard auxiliary shall provide the department with a sufficient number of vessel safety check decals for conservation officers and those counties that participate in the marine safety program. In addition to any other information that is included on a vessel safety check decal, each vessel safety check decal shall bear the likeness of the state seal of Michigan. The vessel safety check decal shall display the year in which the decal was issued and during which it is valid.

(3) Upon the completion of an inspection of a vessel or the vessel's equipment by a peace officer, the United States coast guard, the United States coast guard auxiliary, or an organization sponsored by the United States coast guard or the United States coast guard auxiliary, the peace officer or person performing the inspection shall affix to the vessel the vessel safety check decal provided for in this section.


History: Add. 2002, Act 636, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: Marine Safety Act
Popular Name: NREPA

Thanks for the info.

Anytime!

Cheers

Ttt