Bill Text: NY S02985 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2985 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes towing a person on water skis with a vessel without an observer under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S02985 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02985-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2985
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________
        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.
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