Ballast water.

The Marine Invasive Species Act, which is administered by the State Lands Commission and generally applies to all vessels carrying or capable of carrying ballast water into the coastal waters of the state after operating outside of the coastal waters of the state and to all ballast water and associated sediments taken on a vessel, imposes specified requirements on the master, owner, operator, or person in charge of one of those vessels to minimize the uptake and release of nonindigenous species, including minimizing the uptake of ballast water in specified areas and under certain circumstances. This bill would also require those persons to minimize the uptake of ballast water in areas designated by the State Lands Commission. The bill would make a nonsubstantive change by deleting an obsolete provision.