37-1241.06 Motorboat or personal watercraft; age restrictions; boating safety course; fee.
37-1241.06. Motorboat or personal watercraft; age restrictions; boating safety course; fee.(1)(a) No person under fourteen years of age shall operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state.(b) No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state with an individual in tow behind the motorboat or personal watercraft.(2) Effective May 1, 2000, and until January 1, 2004, a person under sixteen years of age shall not operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state unless he or she has successfully completed a boating safety course approved by the commission and has been issued a valid boating safety certificate.(3) Effective January 1, 2004, a person under eighteen years of age shall not operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of this state unless he or she has successfully completed a boating safety course approved by the commission and has been issued a valid boating certificate.(4) The commission may charge a fee of no more than ten dollars for a boating safety course required by this section. SourceLaws 1999, LB 176, § 107; Laws 2003, LB 305, § 22.