Sec. 23. (a) A licensed owner may submit to the commission a plan for:
(1) constructing a permanently moored craft to replace the licensed owner's self-propelled excursion boat; or
(2) converting the licensed owner's self-propelled excursion boat into a permanently moored craft.
(b) Upon receiving the commission's approval of a conversion plan submitted under subsection (a), a licensed owner may disable the propulsion and navigation equipment that had been required to comply with section 6(a) of this chapter.
(c) A licensed owner operating a permanently moored craft is not required to employ personnel that had been required to operate a self-propelled excursion boat.