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§ 75A-6. Classification; rules.

§ 75A‑6. Classification; rules.

(a)        Vessels subject tothe provisions of this Chapter shall be divided into five categories asfollows:

(1)        Class A. Less than16 feet in length.

(2)        Class 1. Sixteenfeet or over and less than 26 feet in length.

(3)        Class 2. Twenty‑sixfeet or over and less than 40 feet in length.

(4)        Class 3. Forty feetor over and not more than 65 feet in length.

(5)        Class 4. More than65 feet in length.

(b)        through (e)Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 361, s. 2.

(f)         through (j)Repealed by Session Laws 2006‑185, s. 1.

(k)        Repealed by SessionLaws 1993, c. 361, s. 2.

(l)         No person shalloperate or give permission for the operation of a vessel that is not equippedas required by this section.

(m)       The Commission mayadopt rules to conform to the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 and the federalregulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(n)        All vesselspropelled by machinery of 10 hp or less that are operated on the public watersof this State shall carry at least one personal flotation device, life belt,ring buoy, or other device of the sort prescribed by rules of the Commissionfor each person on board, and from one‑half hour after sunset to one‑halfhour before sunrise shall carry a white light in the stern or shall have onboard a hand flashlight in good working condition, which light shall be readyat hand and shall be temporarily displayed in sufficient time to preventcollision.

(o)        The Commission forPublic Health shall adopt rules establishing standards for sewage treatmentdevices and holding tanks for marine toilets installed in vessels operating onthe inland fishing waters of the State as designated by the Commission and theinland lake waters of the State. The Commission shall not issue a certificateof number for any vessel operating on the inland fishing waters of the State asdesignated by the Commission and the inland lake waters of this State that isequipped with a marine toilet unless the vessel is provided with a sewagetreatment device or holding tank approved by the Commission for Public Health.All vessels operating on the inland fishing waters of the State as designatedby the Commission and the inland lake waters of the State that are equippedwith a marine toilet shall provide a sewage treatment device or holding tankapproved by the Commission for Public Health. Wildlife protectors may inspectvessels on the inland fishing waters of the State as designated by theCommission and the inland lake waters to determine if approved treatmentdevices or holding tanks are properly installed and if they are operating in asatisfactory manner. A vessel registered, documented, or otherwise licensed inanother state and equipped with a marine toilet not prohibited in such statemay be operated on the inland fishing waters of the State as designated by theCommission, without regard to the provisions of this subsection while making aninterstate trip. (1959,c. 1064, s. 6; 1963, c. 396; 1965, c. 634, s. 2; 1967, cc. 230, 1075; 1971, c.296, ss. 1, 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1975, c. 340, s. 2; c. 483, s. 3; 1989(Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 55; 1993, c. 361, s. 2; 2006‑185, s. 1;2007‑182, s. 2.)