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Article 4 - VESSELS
Part 1 - (40 - 49-C) VESSELS, GENERAL
46-B - Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake.

§  46-b.  Special  provisions  relating  to speed on Saratoga lake. 1.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent
  local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located  in
  the  towns  of  Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Saratoga
  Springs, Saratoga county, shall be operated in  a  careful  and  prudent
  manner,  in such a way as to not unreasonably interfere with or endanger
  any vessel or person, and  no  vessel  shall  be  operated  at  a  speed
  exceeding  forty-five  miles  per  hour.  No pleasure vessel operated on
  Saratoga lake shall be operated at a speed exceeding  twenty-five  miles
  per  hour  between  one-half  hour after sunset and one-half hour before
  sunrise.
    2. In addition to the waters of Saratoga lake, the provisions of  this
  section  shall  apply  to  Fish  creek  from  Saratoga lake to Safford's
  bridge. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section the  five  miles
  per  hour  speed  zone  at  the state route nine-P state boat launch, in
  effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain in full
  force and effect.
    3. No vessel shall be operated on Saratoga  lake  within  two  hundred
  feet  of  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 shoreline, dock, pier,
  raft or float or 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.
    4. 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.
    5. Any person who violates any provision  of  this  section  shall  be
  guilty  of a violation punishable as provided in section seventy-three-c
  of this article.