2010 New York Code
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Article 4 - VESSELS
Part 1 - (40 - 49-C) VESSELS, GENERAL
45-AAAAA - Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice.

§ 45-aaaaa. Special  provisions  relating  to  reckless  operation and
  speed on Lake Alice. 1. Notwithstanding any  other  provisions  of  this
  chapter  or  any  inconsistent  local  laws  (a)  every  pleasure vessel
  operated on Lake Alice within Orleans county, shall  be  operated  in  a
  careful  and  prudent  manner,  in  such  a  way  as not to unreasonably
  interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person;  a  violation  of
  this  paragraph  is  a  misdemeanor  punishable  as set forth in section
  seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated  on
  such  lake  at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles per hour; a violation
  of this paragraph shall be  a  violation  punishable  as  set  forth  in
  section seventy-three-c of this article.
    2. No vessel shall be operated within one hundred feet of the shore, a
  dock,  pier,  raft  or  float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed
  exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near
  such shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for  the  purpose
  of  enabling  a  person  engaged  in water skiing to take off or land. A
  violation of this subdivision shall be a  violation  punishable  as  set
  forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
    3.  The  provisions  of  this  section shall not apply to any pleasure
  vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta  or  boat  race  over  a
  specified  course held by a bona fide club or racing association between
  nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice
  of the  date  of  the  race  has  been  given  to  the  appropriate  law
  enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to
  the   provisions  of  section  thirty-four  of  this  chapter,  and  all
  provisions of such section thirty-four have been complied with.

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