Section 78. Boating safety certificate

1.   "Boating safety certificate"
  shall mean a certificate issued by the commissioner evidencing that  the
  holder  thereof  has  successfully  completed a course of instruction in
  boating safety as herein after provided. The commissioner shall put into
  effect a plan for the  training  of  youthful  boat  operators  and  the
  issuance  of such boating safety certificates.  For the purposes of this
  section, the term "boating safety" shall include instruction in the safe
  operation of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft.
    2. "Boating safety certificate" shall also mean a  certificate  issued
  by  the commissioner evidencing that the holder thereof has successfully
  completed a course of instruction  in  the  safe  operation  of  vessels
  including   personal   watercraft   and   speciality   prop-craft.   The
  commissioner is authorized to collect a fee not to  exceed  ten  dollars
  for the issuance of such certificate which fee shall be deposited in the
  "I  love  NY  waterways"  boating  safety  fund  established  by section
  ninety-seven-nn of the state finance law,  as  added  by  chapter  eight
  hundred  five  of  the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-two, and shall be
  solely available to support the administration  of  personal  watercraft
  and specialty prop-craft safety training and enforcement.