2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 37 GAME AND PARKS
37-1241.06 Motorboat or personal watercraft; age restrictions; boating safety course; fee.

37-1241.06. Motorboat or personal watercraft; age restrictions; boating safety course; fee.

(1)(a) No person under fourteen years of age shall operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state.

(b) No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state with an individual in tow behind the motorboat or personal watercraft.

(2) Effective May 1, 2000, and until January 1, 2004, a person under sixteen years of age shall not operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state unless he or she has successfully completed a boating safety course approved by the commission and has been issued a valid boating safety certificate.

(3) Effective January 1, 2004, a person under eighteen years of age shall not operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state unless he or she has successfully completed a boating safety course approved by the commission and has been issued a valid boating certificate.

(4) The commission may charge a fee of no more than ten dollars for a boating safety course required by this section.

Source
    Laws 1999, LB 176, § 107;
    Laws 2003, LB 305, § 22.



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