Section 45-AAAAA. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice  


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  • 1. Notwithstanding any  other  provisions  of  this
      chapter  or  any  inconsistent  local  laws  (a)  every  pleasure vessel
      operated on Lake Alice within Orleans county, shall  be  operated  in  a
      careful  and  prudent  manner,  in  such  a  way  as not to unreasonably
      interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person;  a  violation  of
      this  paragraph  is  a  misdemeanor  punishable  as set forth in section
      seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated  on
      such  lake  at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles per hour; a violation
      of this paragraph shall be  a  violation  punishable  as  set  forth  in
      section seventy-three-c of this article.
        2. No vessel shall be operated within one hundred feet of the shore, a
      dock,  pier,  raft  or  float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed
      exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near
      such shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for  the  purpose
      of  enabling  a  person  engaged  in water skiing to take off or land. A
      violation of this subdivision shall be a  violation  punishable  as  set
      forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
        3.  The  provisions  of  this  section shall not apply to any pleasure
      vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta  or  boat  race  over  a
      specified  course held by a bona fide club or racing association between
      nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice
      of the  date  of  the  race  has  been  given  to  the  appropriate  law
      enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to
      the   provisions  of  section  thirty-four  of  this  chapter,  and  all
      provisions of such section thirty-four have been complied with.