STATE OF NEW YORK
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1674
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs,
Tourism, Parks and Recreation
AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to observers for persons
being towed on water skis by a vessel
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 73 of the navigation law, as
2 amended by chapter 305 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. No person shall operate a vessel for towing a person unless there
5 is upon such vessel a person, other than the operator, of at least ten
6 years of age, in a position to observe the progress of the person being
7 towed. Provided, however, that a person in a position to observe the
8 progress of the person who is being towed on water skis shall not be
9 required if the vessel is:
10 a. a tow boat approved by USA Water Ski, and equipped with a wide-an-
11 gle mirror having a viewing surface of not less than forty-eight square
12 inches; and
13 b. being operated by a person who is eighteen years of age or older;
14 and
15 c. being operated within a USA Water Ski regulation slalom course.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00657-01-7
