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Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-9-401: Display, use and illumination of divers-down flags

(a) All divers shall prominently display a divers-down flag in the area in which they are diving when diving in an area other than one customarily used for swimming only. (b) Divers shall not display a divers-down flag any longer than thirty (30) minutes before and after the dive. (c) Divers shall surface within fifty feet (50') of the divers-down flag. (d) When diving after dusk, divers shall illuminate the divers-down flag to make it visible from at least three hundred feet (300'). (e) No one shall use a divers-down flag to stop, limit, or otherwise affect the flow of water traffic. (f) Violations of this section shall be punished as follows: (1) First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00); (2) Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and (3) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and up to six (6) months imprisonment. Acts 1984, ch. 732, §2; T.C.A. § 69-10-401.
(a) All divers shall prominently display a divers-down flag in the area in which they are diving when diving in an area other than one customarily used for swimming only.
(b) Divers shall not display a divers-down flag any longer than thirty (30) minutes before and after the dive.
(c) Divers shall surface within fifty feet (50') of the divers-down flag.
(d) When diving after dusk, divers shall illuminate the divers-down flag to make it visible from at least three hundred feet (300').
(e) No one shall use a divers-down flag to stop, limit, or otherwise affect the flow of water traffic.
(f) Violations of this section shall be punished as follows: (1) First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00); (2) Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and (3) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and up to six (6) months imprisonment.
(1) First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(2) Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and
(3) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and up to six (6) months imprisonment.

Where this section sits in the code

TN Code
Title 69
Chapter 9

(a) All divers shall prominently display a divers-down flag in the area in which they are diving when diving in an area other than one customarily used for swimming only.

(b) Divers shall not display a divers-down flag any longer than thirty (30) minutes before and after the dive.

(d) When diving after dusk, divers shall illuminate the divers-down flag to make it visible from at least three hundred feet (300').

(e) No one shall use a divers-down flag to stop, limit, or otherwise affect the flow of water traffic.

(f) Violations of this section shall be punished as follows: (1) First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00); (2) Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and (3) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and up to six (6) months imprisonment.

(1) First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(2) Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(3) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and up to six (6) months imprisonment.

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