PERSONAL WATERCRAFT
A power vessel as defined as a Class vessel by the United
States Coast Guard and which:
A.
Is designed to be operated from a sitting, standing or kneeling
position;
B.
Is equipped with an internal combustion engine which powers
a water jet pump; and
C.
Cannot be operated in a manner as to disengage the pump so as
to prevent the vessel from making headway.
A person operating a personal watercraft shall at all times:
A. Wear the safety switch lanyard while the personal watercraft is underway,
provided that the personal watercraft is equipped with such a lanyard
cutoff device; and
B. Proceed at a safe speed that shall allow the person operating the
personal watercraft to take proper and effective action to avoid collision
and to stop the personal watercraft within a safe distance, as may
be appropriate under the prevailing circumstances and conditions.
A person operating a personal watercraft or any passenger on
a personal watercraft shall at all times when the personal watercraft
is underway, wear a United States Coast Guard approved Type 1, 11,
111, or Type V hybrid personal flotation device.
The operator of personal watercraft designed to accommodate
three or more persons shall be permitted to tow a water-skier, provided
that the personal watercraft has the capacity to allow one of the
persons to face the stern of the personal watercraft for the purpose
of tending of ski rider; and that the person tending to the ski rider
shall be present during the towing of the ski rider.
Any violation of this article or of any regulation promulgated
thereunder shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $150.