Texas § PW.31.066 - LIFE PRESERVING DEVICES
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§ PW.31.066. LIFE PRESERVING DEVICES
LIFE PRESERVING DEVICES. (a) A motorboat, including a motorboat carrying passengers for hire, must carry at least one wearable personal flotation device of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the commandant of the Coast Guard for each person on board, so placed as to be readily accessible. (b) The operator of a motorboat less than 26 feet in length, while underway, shall require every passenger under 13 years of age to wear a wearable personal flotation device of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the commandant of the Coast Guard. A life belt or ring buoy does not satisfy this requirement. (c) A person may not operate a recreational vessel 16 feet or more in length unless the vessel is equipped with: (1) the number of wearable personal flotation devices required under Subsection (a); and (2) additionally, at least one immediately accessible Type IV throwable flotation device of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the commandant of the Coast Guard. (d) A person under 13 years of age on board a vessel described by Section 31.073 (a) or (b) must wear a wearable personal flotation device of the sort prescribed by the commandant of the Coast Guard while the vessel is under way. (e) An adult operator of a vessel described by Section 31.073 may not permit a person under 13 years of age to be on board the vessel while the vessel is under way if the person under 13 years of age is not wearing a wearable personal flotation device required by Subsection (d). Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1127 (H.B. 308 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.
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Section PW.31.066 ("LIFE PRESERVING DEVICES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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