§ 46-22-2 - Definitions.
SECTION 46-22-2
§ 46-22-2 Definitions. – As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a differentmeaning:
(1) "Director" means the director of the department ofenvironmental management.
(2) "Motorboat" means any vessel whether or not the vessel ispropelled by machinery. For purposes of this chapter, motorboat shall notinclude houseboats as defined in § 44-5-25.1, canoes, and rowboats twelvefeet (12') in length or less.
(3) "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboator a vessel.
(4) "Owner" means a person, other than a lien holder, havingthe property in or title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled tothe use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest in another person,reserved, or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of anobligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended assecurity.
(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm,corporation, association, or other entity.
(6) "Personal watercraft" means a small class A vessel lessthan sixteen feet (16') in length which uses an outboard motor or an inboardmotor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive power; andwhich is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on,or being towed behind the vessel, rather than the conventional manner ofsitting or standing inside of the vessel.
(7) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft, otherthan a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means oftransportation on water.
(8) "Waters of this state" means any waters within theterritorial limits of this state, and the marginal sea adjacent to this stateand the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to or from theshore of this state.