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69-9-501. “Personal watercraft” defined.

As used in this part, “personal watercraft” means a mechanically propelled vessel that is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel rather than being operated in a conventional manner by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling inside the vessel. It includes, but is not limited to, jet skis, waverunners, sea-doos, wetjets, aquajets, polaris, tigersharks, and similar craft.

[Acts 1996, ch. 808, § 1; T.C.A. § 69-10-501.]