GL: Venice - Old News

[Dan and Peggy B.]

Even if the state doesn't issue a sticker....don't they issue paperwork to 
show its 'state registered'?  And, what state doesn't issue a sticker???  I 
will be very surprised to learn of a state that doesn't issue a registration 
sticker!
dan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ed" <ekcine at gmail.com>
To: <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:55 AM
Subject: GL: Venice - Old News


> Dennis O'connor posted: The issue is
> the enforcement of state laws...  It is amusing that we criticize this
> officer
> for enforcing the regulation of boats, but would be outraged if the same
> officer turned a blind eye towards people driving around in cars with no
> license plates...
> On the issue of a documented boat - that is apples and oranges and has
> nothing
> to do with the issue of a use tax we call a state registration...
> The sticker that Florida state requires us to put on the vessel is a use
> stamp
> attesting to having paid the use tax -same as for cigarettes, liquor, 
> etc...
> An example; I have an airplane that is documented with the federal
> government
> with said documentation number conspicuously displayed in foot high 
> letters
> on
> the fuselage, and it has a title of vehicle ownership registered to me in
> the
> state of Florida, yet I still  pay an annual use tax to the state of
> Michigan
> and have said  sticker properly displayed because it is present in 
> Michigan
> more days per year than the allowed number for a transient aircraft...  If 
> I
> were to argue with some police officer that I don't have to pay the
> registration fee and display the sticker because it has federal
> documentation,
> he would fall down laughing...
>
> Dennis
> The problem is that some states do not issue the sticker. That is when the
> Florida water cop demands registration in Florida. If you take your 
> Michigan
> boat to Florida you can cruise for 90 days. If you are from a state that
> does not issue the sticker, you should still be able to cruise for 90 days
> also. That is where the water cops have erred.
>
> Ed K
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