(1) No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a motorboat in this state except as provided in this section.

(2) A person fourteen years of age or older who has not reached his or her sixteenth birthday may operate a motorboat only if he or she:

(a) Completes a boating safety course approved by the division of parks and wildlife; and

(b) Has a boating safety certificate issued by the boating safety course provider in his or her possession.

(3) No person shall permit or knowingly authorize a motorboat to be operated by a person under sixteen years of age; except that a person fourteen years of age or older who has not reached his or her sixteenth birthday may be permitted or authorized to operate a motorboat if he or she has met the boating safety and certificate requirements of subsection (2) of this section.

(4) No owner or operator of a vessel livery or an agent or employee of such owner or operator shall lease, hire, or rent a motorboat to or for operation by any person under sixteen years of age; except that a person fourteen years of age or older who has not reached his or her sixteenth birthday may be permitted or authorized to operate a motorboat if he or she has met the boating safety and certificate requirements of subsection (2) of this section.

(5) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 petty offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.

(6) It is the intent of the general assembly that no general fund dollars be appropriated for the purpose of implementing the requirements of this section.