N.Y. Navigation Law § 46-aa: Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county

§ 46-aa. Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua

county. 1. The county legislature of the county of Chautauqua may adopt,

amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent

with the laws of this state or the United States, with respect to

regulating and restricting the rate of speed of vessels while being

operated on any navigable waters, or part thereof, located within

Chautauqua county, including, but not limited to regulating or

restricting the operation of vessels within two hundred feet of the

shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a

manner or at a speed that does not cause 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 regulating or restricting the speed

of vessels on such lake between one-half hour after sunset and one-half

hour before sunrise.

2. Local laws, rules and regulations adopted pursuant to 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, 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 have been complied with.

3. No local law, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions

of this section shall take effect until it shall have been submitted to

and approved in writing by the commissioner of parks, recreation and

historic preservation.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any city,

town or village from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local

laws relating to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but no

such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive any of

such provisions than any local law, rule or regulation which may be

adopted pursuant to provisions of this section.