37-1241.07 Motorboat or personal watercraft; age restriction on lease, hire, or rental; restriction on operation; duties of owner, agent, or employee. - Nebraska Statutes

37-1241.07. Motorboator personal watercraft; age restriction on lease, hire, or rental; restrictionon operation; duties of owner,agent, or employee.(1) The owner of a boat livery, or his or heragent or employee, shall not lease, hire, or rent a motorboat or personalwatercraft to any person under eighteen years of age.(2) Exceptas provided in subdivision (1)(a) of section 37-1241.06, a person youngerthan eighteen years of age may operate a motorboat or personal watercraftrented, leased, or hired by a person eighteen years of age or older if theperson younger than eighteen years of age holds a valid boating safety certificateissued under section 37-1241.06.(3) The ownerof a boat livery, or his or her agent or employee, engaged in the businessof renting or leasing motorboats shall list on each rental or lease agreementfor a motorboat the name and age of each person who is authorized to operatethe motorboat. The person to whom the motorboat is rented or leased shallensure that only those persons who are listed as authorized operators areallowed to operate the motorboat.(4) The owner of a boat livery, or his or her agentor employee, engaged in the business of renting or leasing motorboats shalldisplay for review by each person who is authorized to operate the motorboata summary of the statutes and the rules and regulations governing the operationof a motorboat and instructions regarding the safe operation of the motorboat.Each person who is listed as an authorized operator of the motorboat shallreview the summary of the statutes, rules, regulations, and instructions andsign a statement indicating that he or she has done so prior to leaving therental or leasing office. SourceLaws 1999, LB 176, § 108; Laws 2003, LB 305, § 23; Laws 2005, LB 21, § 1; Laws 2009, LB105, § 36.