Section 810. Definitions

For the purposes of this article:
    1.  "Dealer"  shall  mean  any  person who (a) engages, in whole or in
  part, in the business of buying,  selling,  leasing,  exchanging  and/or
  repairing  new and unused vessels and/or used vessels, or new and unused
  and/or used inboard engines, inboard/outdrives or  outboard  motors  for
  vessels,  and  (b)  has  an  established place of business for the sale,
  lease,  trade,  repair  and/or  display  of  vessels,  inboard  engines,
  inboard/outdrives or outboard motors.
    2.  "Distributor"  shall mean any person who offers for sale, sells or
  distributes one or more brands of new vessels to any new vessel  dealer,
  and  who maintains a factory representative or who controls a person who
  offers for sale, sells or distributes one or more brands of new  vessels
  to any new vessel dealer.
    3.  "Established  place of business" shall mean a permanent commercial
  building at which the business of a  new  vessel  dealer  is  conducted,
  including the display and repair of vessels.
    4.  "Factory  representative"  shall  mean  an  agent or employee of a
  manufacturer or distributor who is retained or employed for the  purpose
  of selling or promoting the sale of new vessels to new vessel dealers or
  prospective new vessel dealers.
    5.  "Manufacturer"  shall  mean  any person engaged in the business of
  manufacturing or importing  new  and  unused  vessels,  new  and  unused
  inboard  engines, inboard/outdrives, outboard motors, or component parts
  and accessories therefor.
    6. "Vessel" shall mean every description of watercraft,  including  an
  iceboat,  used  or capable of being used as a means of transportation on
  water or ice, and shall include the hull, motor/engine, component parts,
  spars, sails and accessories of such watercraft; provided, however, that
  personal watercraft and dealers of  personal  watercraft  shall  not  be
  subject  to the provisions of this article when such dealers are subject
  to the provisions of article seventeen-A of the vehicle and traffic law,
  as added by chapter eight  hundred  fifteen  of  the  laws  of  nineteen
  hundred eighty-three.