N.Y. Navigation Law § 45-aaaaaa*2: Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes

* § 45-aaaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation,

noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes. 1. Notwithstanding any

other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a)

every pleasure vessel operated on the Fulton Chain of Lakes, consisting

of Old Forge Pond and First through Eighth Lakes, shall be operated in a

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

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

paragraph shall be 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 forty-five miles per hour nor shall any

pleasure vessel be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per

hour between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before

sunrise; a violation of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable

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

2. Except for Sixth and Seventh Lakes, no vessel shall be operated on

the Fulton Chain of Lakes within two hundred feet of the shore, a dock,

pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at

such a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or

endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel

but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the

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

or such vessel is required to run at full throttle through an

established course to measure the vessel's decibel level pursuant to the

directions of a law enforcement officer. A violation of this subdivision

shall be a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c

of this article.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any

inconsistent local laws, no person shall operate any pleasure vessel,

upon the waters of the Fulton Chain of Lakes that exceeds the following

noise levels: (a) for engines manufactured before September first,

nineteen hundred eighty-nine, a noise level of eighty-six dbl.; (b) for

engines manufactured on or after September first, nineteen hundred

eighty-nine and before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, a

noise level of eighty-four dbl.; (c) and for engines manufactured after

September first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, a noise level of

eighty-two dbl. All decibel levels are to be measured on a decibel meter

gauged to an A-weighted scale. A violation of this subdivision shall be

a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this

article.

4. Any law enforcement officer from the state of New York, Herkimer or

Hamilton county, or any political subdivision of those counties, may

direct the operator of any pleasure vessel reasonably believed to be

exceeding the allowable noise levels on the Fulton Chain of Lakes to an

area established by the officer for measuring vessel noise levels. At

that area the vessel shall be operated at full throttle through a

straight course not to exceed one hundred yards. Decibel measurements

shall be measured at a distance of at least fifty feet from the pleasure

vessel being tested while such vessel is at full throttle.

5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel

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

course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due

written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate

law enforcement agencies 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 have been complied with. The provisions

of this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency licensed

aircraft.

* NB There are 2 § 45-aaaaaa's