KRS 235.230: Duties of boat marina owner.

(1) The owner of a boat marina shall keep a record of the name and address of the

person or persons hiring any vessel which is designed or permitted by him to be

operated as a motorboat; the identification number thereof; and the departure time

and date, and t he expected time of return. The record shall be preserved for at least

six (6) months.

(2) Neither the owner of a boat marina, nor his agent or employee shall permit any

motorboat or any vessel owned or leased by him to be operated as a motorboat to

depart from his premises unless it has been provided, either by the owner or the

renter, with the equipment required pursuant to KRS 235.200 and any rules and

regulations made pursuant thereto, except that the operator need not have the

certificate of registration in his possession.

(3) The certificate of registration and number for vessels leased or rented by a marina

may be retained on shore by the owner of the marina or his representative at the

place from which the vessel departs or returns to the possession of the livery or his

representative; provided, however, the operator shall have with him a copy of the

lease or rental agreement signed by the marina owner or an authorized

representative of the marina and by the person leasing or renting the vessel that

contains the vessel's number which appears on the certificate of number and the

period of time for which the vessel is leased or rented.

(4) By July 15, 2000, the owner of a marina shall provide access to sewage pumpout

facilities for the owners of motorboa ts with marine toilet facilities. For the purpose

of this subsection a sewage pumpout facility means equipment designed to receive

the discharge of sewage from a marine sanitation device and allow the disposal of

the sewage in a manner that prevents the se wage from entering the waters of the

state. To provide access to sewage pumpout facilities a marina owner may, by way

of illustration and not to limit the options available to a marina owner:

(a) Build and operate pumpout facilities;

(b) Contract with another marina owner with pumpout facilities, if the contracting

marinas are not more than eight (8) water miles apart and accessible in a way

that does not require motorboats to be trailered; and

(c) Contract with a person licensed under KRS 211.972 to provid e pumpout

facility service, if the service is available during normal business hours

including holidays and if the service can be provided within a reasonable time

upon request by a motorboat owner.

(5) For any period of contracted mooring at a marina long er than twenty -four (24)

hours, the owner of a boat shall provide to the marina owner or his or her agent or

employee the title, or equivalent document, for the boat. The owner of the marina or

his or her agent or employee shall retain the title or a copy of the title in the marina's

records for the period of time, beyond twenty -four (24) hours, for which the marina

is contracted to provide mooring to the boat.