RBOC is pleased to report that the efforts of thousands of individual boaters, the boating community and industry, and our national advocacy partner BoatUS have saved California boaters from paying $60 more in state boat registration fees that would have begun July 1 of this year.
The legislation establishing California’s 2023-2024 fiscal year budget did not resolve the ongoing $20 million annual deficiency in the Division of Boating and Waterways’ Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund. The issue has not been finally resolved and the issue will be revisited in 2024 when the Legislature convenes the second year of the 2023-2024 legislative session.