32-1125. Operation prohibitions.
32-1125
32-1125. Operation prohibitions.(a) No person shall operate any motorboat or vessel or manipulate anywater skis, surfboard or similar device in a reckless or negligent mannerso as to endanger the life or property of any person.
(b) No person shall manipulate any water skis, surfboard or similar devicewhile under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both.
(c) No person shall operate any motorboat or vessel for pleasureriding or pull any water skis, surfboard or similar device in any waters ofthis state marked by buoys or otherwise designated as a mooring, launching,fishing or hunting nonboating area by a county or other politicalsubdivision or by the secretary, except that a motorboat or vessel used forfishing may be operated in a mooring or launching nonboating area.
As used in this subsection, "waters of this state" includes, but is not limitedto, any water storage reservoir impoundments over which the secretary has beengranted jurisdiction by the proper agency or official of the United Statesgovernment.
(d) No person shall operate or moor a vessel within a water area whichis marked, by buoys or some other distinguishing device, as a bathing orswimming area or as an all-boats-prohibited area. No person shalloperate a vessel for purposes other than fishing in areas marked by buoysor otherwise designated as fishing areas, and no person shall operate avessel for purposes other than hunting in areas marked by buoys orotherwise designated as hunting areas, and in areas designated for combineduse of fishing and hunting, vessels may be used for both purposes unlessprohibited by federal law.
(e) No owner or person in possession of a vessel shall permit a person under12 years of age to operate a motorboat unless accompanied and under the directand audible supervision of a parent or other person over 17 years of age."Direct and audible supervision" means a person on board the same vessel andin sufficiently close proximity of the operator's station to enable such personto quickly and safely assume control of such vessel if needed.
(f) No operator of a vessel shall willfully fail or refuse to bring suchvessel to a stop, or otherwise flee or attempt to elude a pursuing lawenforcement vehicle or vessel, when given a visual or audible signal to bringthe operator's vessel to a stop. The signal may be given by hand, voice,emergency light or siren and shall be given by a uniformed law enforcementofficer prominently displaying the officer's badge of office.
History: L. 1959, ch. 321, § 10; L. 1961, ch. 469, § 1; L. 1970,ch. 408, § 7;L. 1987, ch. 403, § 1;L. 1989, ch. 118, § 148;L. 1995, ch. 164, § 5;L. 2006, ch. 85, § 5; Jan. 1, 2007.