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HCS/HB 2116 - This act specifies that violation of the requirements for boats to have personal flotation devices onboard shall be an infraction and shall be fined a maximum of $25. (Section 306.100) In addition, violations of the statute requiring careful and prudent operation of vessels, including exceeding slow-no wake speed in a no wake zone, shall be an infraction and the operator shall be fined a maximum of $25. If the operator can not be identified, the owner of vessel shall be subject to the penalty. The Department of Public Safety shall promulgate rules necessary to implement a no wake zone for vessels 40 feet and over in coves with main junctures of less than 800 feet at the main channel (Section 306.125) This act also specifies that the requirement that boat passengers ride only within adequate guards or railing when underway shall not apply to vessels propelled by outboard jet motors operating on a stretch of waterway not created or widened by impoundment. (Section 306.126) These provisions are similar to SS/SCS/SB 752 (2018). ERIC VANDER WEERD
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