NY Nav L § 45-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 1 - Vessels, General 45-AA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Canandaigua Lake; Keuka Lake.

§ 45-aa. Special  provisions  relating to reckless operation and speed   on Canandaigua lake; Keuka lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions   of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel   operated on Canandaigua lake, which is bordered  by  Ontario  and  Yates   counties,  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.1-a.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this chapter or any   inconsistent local laws (a) every vessel operated on Keuka  Lake,  which   is  bordered  by  Steuben  and  Yates  counties,  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   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 this section have been complied with.4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any city,   town  or  village  from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local   laws relating to persons operating a pleasure vessel within its  limits,   but  no  such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive   any of such provisions.