Vessels: removal.

Existing law authorizes any peace officer, as described, or any lifeguard or marine safety officer employed by a county, city, or district, while engaged in the performance of official duties, to remove a vessel from, and, if necessary, store a vessel removed from, a public waterway in certain circumstances. This bill would authorize a peace officer or marine safety officer, while engaged in the performance of official duties, to remove a vessel, as described, from, and, if necessary, store a vessel removed from, public property within the territorial limits in which the officer may act, under specified circumstances relating to the use of the vessel in the commission of a crime. The bill would authorize a court to order a person convicted of a crime involving the use of a vessel that is removed and impounded pursuant to these provisions to pay the costs of towing and storage of the vessel and any related administrative costs imposed in connection with the removal, impoundment, storage, or release of the vessel.