Amend HB 337 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 31.1071, Parks and Wildlife Code, strike Subsection (b) (page 1, lines 38 through 49) and substitute the following:

(b)  A motorboat operator may not operate a motorboat less than 26 feet in length and equipped by the manufacturer with an engine cutoff switch while the motorboat is underway and moving at greater than headway speed without first verifying that the switch is operational and fully functional and properly attaching the lanyard or wireless attachment, as appropriate for the specific motorboat, to the operator's body or to the clothing or personal flotation device being worn by the operator.

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ___.   Section 31.127, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: