45-AAAAA - Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice. - New York Statutes

§ 45-aaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice. 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.