Section 45-AAAAAA. Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake  


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  • 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions  of
      this  chapter  or  any  inconsistent  local  laws, every pleasure vessel
      operated on Lamoka Lake, located in Schuyler  county,  or  Waneta  Lake,
      located in Schuyler and Steuben counties, shall be operated in a careful
      and  prudent manner, in such a way as not to unreasonably interfere with
      or endanger any vessel or person, and no vessel shall be operated  at  a
      speed  exceeding  forty-five miles per hour. No pleasure vessel operated
      on Lamoka Lake or Waneta Lake shall be operated  at  a  speed  exceeding
      twenty-five  miles  per  hour  between  one-half  hour  after sunset and
      one-half hour before sunrise.
        2. No vessel shall be operated on Lamoka Lake or  Waneta  Lake  within
      two  hundred  feet  of  the  shore,  a  dock,  pier, raft or float or an
      anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at such a speed that  causes  a
      wake  that  unreasonably  interferes  with or endangers such dock, pier,
      raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel but in no event at a speed
      exceeding five miles per hour, unless for  the  purpose  of  enabling  a
      person  engaged  in  water  skiing to take off or land or such vessel is
      required to run at  full  throttle  through  an  established  course  to
      measure  the  vessel's decibel level pursuant to the directions of a law
      enforcement officer.
        3. The provisions of this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  vessel
      competing  in  or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
      course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
      written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
      law enforcement agencies at least  fifteen  days  prior  to  such  race,
      pursuant  to  the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and
      all provisions of this section have been complied with.  The  provisions
      of  this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency licensed
      aircraft.
        4. Any person who fails to comply with any of the provisions  of  this
      section  shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not less
      than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for the first
      offense; by a fine of not less than fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two
      hundred  dollars for conviction of the second offense committed within a
      period of twenty-four months; by a fine of not  less  than  one  hundred
      dollars  nor  more  than two hundred dollars for conviction of the third
      offense  or  any  subsequent  offense  committed  within  a  period   of
      twenty-four months.
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