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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 462A.12, subsection 11, Code Supplement 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 11. A person shall not operate a vessel within fifty feet 1 4 of a diver's flag placed in accordance with the rules of the 1 5 commission adopted under chapter 17A, or within fifty feet of 1 6 a flag displayed when a person is in the water pursuant to 1 7 section 462A.15, subsection 2. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 462A.15, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 9 follows: 1 10 462A.15 WATER SKIS AND SURFBOARDS – WARNING FLAG. 1 11 1. No person shall operate a vessel on any waters of this 1 12 state under the jurisdiction of the commission for towing a 1 13 person or persons on water skis, surfboard, or similar device 1 14 unless there is in such vessel a responsible person, in 1 15 addition to the operator, in a position to observe the 1 16 progress of the person or persons being towed. 1 172.Thissectionsubsection does not apply to a performer 1 18 engaged in a professional exhibition or a person or persons 1 19 engaged in a professional exhibition or a person or persons 1 20 engaged in an activity authorized under section 462A.16. 1 21 2. A person operating a vessel, other than a personal 1 22 watercraft, on any waters of this state under the jurisdiction 1 23 of the commission between sunrise and sunset shall display a 1 24 red or orange flag measuring at least twelve by twelve inches 1 25 whenever a person who has left the vessel is in the water. 1 26 The flag shall not be displayed when the person is being 1 27 towed, but shall be displayed when the person enters or 1 28 reenters the water. The flag shall be visible for three 1 29 hundred sixty degrees around the vessel when displayed. This 1 30 subsection does not apply to a vessel when it is moored or 1 31 anchored. 1 32 Sec. 3. Section 805.8B, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 33 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 34 c. For operating violations under sections 462A.12, 1 35 462A.15,subsection 1, sections462A.24, and 462A.34, the 2 1 scheduled fine is twenty-five dollars. However, a violation 2 2 of section 462A.12, subsection 2, is not a scheduled 2 3 violation. 2 4 EXPLANATION 2 5 This bill requires that a person operating a vessel on 2 6 public waters between sunrise and sunset must display a red or 2 7 orange flag when a person has left the boat and is in the 2 8 water. The flag shall not be displayed when the person is 2 9 being towed, but must be displayed when they reenter the 2 10 water. The flag must be at least 12 inches by 12 inches and 2 11 visible for 360 degrees around the vessel. The requirement 2 12 does not apply to a vessel that is moored or anchored or to a 2 13 personal watercraft. 2 14 The bill provides that a person operating a vessel shall 2 15 not bring the vessel within 50 feet of a flag displayed to 2 16 signal that a person is in the water. 2 17 A violation of the provisions in the bill is punishable as 2 18 a scheduled violation subject to a $25 fine. 2 19 LSB 5901XS 80 2 20 dea/gg/14
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