2004 Minnesota Code
Chapters 85 - 87 Recreation
Chapter 86B Water Safety, Watercraft, and Watercraft Titling
Section 86B.501 Personal flotation and lifesaving devices.
86B.501 Personal flotation and lifesaving devices.
Subdivision 1. Personal flotation or lifesaving devices. (a) Watercraft and duck boats using the waters of this state must be equipped with the number and type of personal flotation or lifesaving devices prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner may not:
(1) require sailboards to be equipped with personal flotation or lifesaving devices; or
(2) require persons on sailboards to wear personal flotation or lifesaving devices or have them readily available.
Subd. 2. Rented watercraft responsibility for lifesaving devices. The owner of a business that rents, leases, or hires out watercraft must provide a personal flotation or lifesaving device of the type required by this section for each person on board the watercraft.
HIST: 1990 c 391 art 9 s 26
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