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Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission <br />State Parks recommends zero tolerance policy in the enforcement of mandatory boater education card <br />carriage, life jacket wear/carriage, boating under the influence and rules of the road violations. Officers / <br />Deputies should strongly consider issuing citations for violations of these laws in all circumstances. <br />The SECTOR system should be used to issue boating citations and warnings. State Parks will no longer <br />accept mailed-in paper inspection forms, although State Parks will continue to provide paper inspection <br />forms to agencies for internal use. <br />Boating Safety Inspections <br />Participating agencies must complete written boating safety inspections during enforcement and <br />informational contacts when considered safe and appropriate to document boater compliance with <br />state boating laws. State Parks will provide boating safety inspection forms. Copies of the completed <br />inspections must be submitted to State Parks for statistical purposes. Inspections conducted in SECTOR <br />do not have to be reported to State Parks. <br />NOTE: We will not accept paper inspection forms after January 1, 2019.All inspections must be <br />submitted using SECTOR. <br />State Parks has calculated suggested minimum goals for the number of boating safety inspections an <br />agency performs in a boating season based on size. <br />Suggested Written Inspections – Minimum Goals <br />•Small, 92 <br />•Medium, 283 <br />•Large, 372 <br />Boating Safety Education / Designated Education Officer / Deputy <br />Participating agencies must have a boating safety education and information program. At a minimum, <br />they must designate an Officer / Deputy, trained by State Parks, to coordinate the activities of boating <br />safety education instructors, act as liaison to boating education organizations and to coordinate: <br />•Boating safety presentations, which may include presentations to primary and secondary school <br />children, boating organizations, or youth groups. <br />•Boating safety instruction meaning a public course of instruction using the Adventures in <br />Boating materials from State Parks, or other state or nationally recognized curriculum approved <br />by State Parks. <br />•Distribution of boating safety information, including materials provided by State Parks, to <br />boating and outdoor recreation organizations, the boating public, public agencies, and local <br />media. <br />Page 14 of 18