PERSONAL WATERCRAFT LAW
Each person aboard must wear a type I, type II, type III, or type V personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard;
- Must attach the safety cutoff lanyard to his person, clothing, or personal flotation device as appropriate for the specific watercraft;
- May operate only between the hours of one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset unless the personal watercraft is equipped with proper navigation lights;
- Must operate at slow-no-wake speed within one hundred fifty feet (150FEET) of any dock, swimmer, swimming raft, or nonmotorized boat. Slow-no-wake is the slowest possible speed necessary to maintain steerage, but in no case greater than five miles per hour;
- Always operate in a reasonable and prudent manner; and
- Never chase or harass wildlife, or travel through emergent floating vegetation at greater than slow-no-wake speed.
No person under the age of fourteen (14) may operate or be permitted to operate a personal watercraft, regardless of horsepower, unless there is a person eighteen (18) years of age or older on board the craft. No owner of a personal watercraft may permit the personal watercraft to be operated by an underage person.
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