Section 33-5-77 Violation of federal laws or rules regulating engine horsepower; penalties; effective date.

Section 33-5-77

Violation of federal laws or rules regulating engine horsepower; penalties; effective date.

(a) It shall be unlawful in this state for any person to violate the federal laws or rules regulating the horsepower of the engines of the vessels operating on the waters of this state.

(b) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor that is punishable, upon conviction, as provided by Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100).

(c) The effective date of only this section shall be five years from April 28, 1994.

(Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §31.)