N.Y. Navigation Law § 46-aaa: Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county

§ 46-aaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed

on certain lakes in Hamilton county. 1. Notwithstanding any other

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

pleasure vessel operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake, Indian lake,

and Utowana lake, 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 lakes 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. No vessel shall be operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake,

Indian lake and Utowana lake 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. A violation of this subdivision is 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 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.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town

or county from adopting or enacting any local laws, resolutions or

ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but

no such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive any

of such provisions.