N.Y. Navigation Law § 45-aaaaa: Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice

§ 45-aaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and

speed on Lake Alice. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this

chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel

operated on Lake Alice within Orleans county, shall be operated in a

careful and prudent manner, in such a way as not to unreasonably

interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person; a violation of

this paragraph is a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section

seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated on

such lake at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles per hour; a violation

of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable as set forth in

section seventy-three-c of this article.

2. No vessel shall be operated within one hundred feet of the shore, a

dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed

exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near

such shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose

of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land. A

violation of this subdivision shall be a violation punishable as set

forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any pleasure

vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a

specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association between

nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice

of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate law

enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to

the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and all

provisions of such section thirty-four have been complied with.