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Article 4 - VESSELS
Part 1 - (40 - 49-C) VESSELS, GENERAL
46-AAA - Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county.

§ 46-aaa. Special  provisions relating to reckless operation and speed
  on certain lakes in Hamilton  county.    1.  Notwithstanding  any  other
  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  any inconsistent local laws (a) every
  pleasure vessel operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake, Indian lake,
  and Utowana lake, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner,  in
  such  a way as not to unreasonably interfere with or endanger any vessel
  or person;  a  violation  of  this  paragraph  shall  be  a  misdemeanor
  punishable  as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this article; and
  (b) no vessel shall be operated on  such  lakes  at  a  speed  exceeding
  forty-five miles per hour nor shall any pleasure vessel be operated at a
  speed  exceeding  twenty-five miles per hour between one-half hour after
  sunset and one-half hour before sunrise; 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 on  Blue  Mountain  lake,  Eagle  lake,
  Indian  lake  and  Utowana  lake within two hundred feet of the shore, a
  dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or
  at such a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with  or
  endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel
  but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the
  purpose  of  enabling  a  person  engaged in water skiing to take off or
  land. A violation of this subdivision is 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 vessel
  competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over  a  specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law  enforcement  agencies  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 have been complied with. The provisions
  of this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency  licensed
  aircraft.
    4.  Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town
  or county from adopting or  enacting  any  local  laws,  resolutions  or
  ordinances  related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but
  no such municipality shall have the power to make less  restrictive  any
  of such provisions.