Section 45-C. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake  


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  • 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or
      any  inconsistent  local  laws  (a)  every  pleasure  vessel operated on
      Conesus lake within the county of Livingston, 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 shall be 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 forty-five miles per hour nor  shall  any
      pleasure  vessel  be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per
      hour between  one-half  hour  after  sunset  and  one-half  hour  before
      sunrise;  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 two 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 have been complied with.