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86B.501
Statute ID:
8313
Statute Function ID:
20865
Watercraft-Personal Floatation or Lifesaving Devices Required
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Statute Number:
86B.501
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 1990
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Watercraft-Personal Floatation or Lifesaving Devices Required
Statute ID:
8313
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Watercraft-Personal Floatation or Lifesaving Devices Required
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/86B/501.html
Legislative Session:
2005 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Sep 1, 2006
Subd. 2. The owner of a business that rents, leases, or hires out watercraft must provide a personal flotation or lifesaving device of the type required by this section for each person on board the watercraft. Subdivision 1. (a) Watercraft and waterfowl boats using the waters of this state must be equipped with the number and type of personal flotation or lifesaving devices prescribed by the commissioner. (b) The commissioner may not: (1) require sailboards to be equipped with personal flotation or lifesaving devices; or (2) require persons on sailboards to wear personal flotation or lifesaving devices or have them readily available. Subd. 3. (a) No person may operate a watercraft under way with a child under ten years of age aboard unless the child is: (1) wearing an appropriate personal flotation device approved under subdivision 1; or (2) below the top deck or in an enclosed cabin. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to commercial watercraft where the child is a passenger and the operator is licensed by the state of Minnesota or the United States Coast Guard to carry passengers for hire. Paragraph (a) also does not apply if the watercraft is anchored for the purpose of swimming or diving. (c) A first violation of this subdivision prior to May 1, 2006, shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only by a safety warning. (d) Any violation other than a violation addressed in paragraph (c) is to be considered a petty misdemeanor.
