The classes of boats and vessels and the equipment required on them shall be controlled by those classifications and equipment requirements set out and contained within the Federal Boat Act of 1940, the Federal Boat Act of 1958, the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, Title 33, Sub-Chapter S, Code of Federal Regulations and Title 46, Sub-Chapter C, Code of Federal Regulations, and as they may be amended or superseded hereafter.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§8-704 and 8-712, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: August 10, 1974 (1:1 Md. R. 23)

Chapter renumbered effective June 23, 1976 (3:13 Md. R. 721)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective June 10, 1987 (14:14 Md. R. 1564); emergency status expired October 10, 1987

Regulation .01 amended effective January 14, 1988 (15:1 Md. R. 18

Regulations .01 and .02 recodified as Regulations .02 and .03, respectively, and new Regulations .01 and .04 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 30, 1990 (17:8 Md. R. 969); emergency status expired June 30, 1990

Regulations .01 and .02 recodified as Regulations .02 and .03, respectively, and new Regulations .01 and .04 adopted effective April 29, 1991 (18:8 Md. R. 864)

Regulations .01—.04 recodified from COMAR 08.04.06 to COMAR 08.18.04 effective February 3, 1992 (19:2 Md. R. 153)

Regulation .01B amended effective September 29, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1330)

Regulation .02B amended effective February 17, 2003 (30:3 Md. R. 177)

Regulation .04 amended effective May 24, 1993 (20:10 Md. R. 849); September 29, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1330)