1. (a) A licensed owner may submit to the commission a plan for:

   1. (1) constructing a permanently moored craft to replace the licensed owner's self-propelled excursion boat; or
   2. (2) converting the licensed owner's self-propelled excursion boat into a permanently moored craft.
2. (b) Upon receiving the commission's approval of a conversion plan submitted under subsection (a), a licensed owner may disable the propulsion and navigation equipment that had been required to comply with section 6(a) of this chapter.
3. (c) A licensed owner operating a permanently moored craft is not required to employ personnel that had been required to operate a self-propelled excursion boat.

As added by P.L.15-2011, SEC.6.