On the recordJune 4, 1996
A watercraft is a buoyant craft operated by a person in the water--as an aircraft is an airborne craft operated by a person in the air or in the act of taking off or landing. As I have said, our intent is to protect the public from intoxicated operators of watercraft and aircraft. It matters not whether the watercraft is a motorboat, a personal watercraft, a barge, a canoe, a kayak, a rowboat or whatever, or whether the aircraft is jet propelled, or propeller driven, or a glider or a hang glider--you name it. There is no requirement that the watercraft or aircraft be powered by an engine. Under this legislation, it is the unlawful operation of a watercraft or aircraft by an intoxicated operator resulting in death or personal injury that gives rise to a nondischargeable debt.
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