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Ohio Rev Code § 1547.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.14 | Water Skiing Activity Confined to Ski Zones.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Except on the waters of the Ohio River or Lake Erie and immediately connected harbors and bays, any person who rides or attempts to ride upon one or more water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or who engages or attempts to engage in barefoot skiing, and any person who operates a vessel towing a person riding or attempting to ride on one or more water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing, shall confine that activity to the water area within a designated ski zone on all bodies of water on which a ski zone has been established.(B) On all bodies of water where no specific activity zones have been established, the activities described in division (A) of this section shall be confined to areas where the activities are not specifically restricted by this chapter and rules.(C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to an activity described in division (A) of this section if the vessel involved in the activity is traveling at idle speed in a designated no wake zone and the activity is not being conducted in any of the following areas:(1) Within three hundred feet of a gas dock, marina, launch ramp, or harbor entrance;(2) Within a designated anchorage area, swim zone, boat swim zone, or boat camping area;(3) Under a bridge or within three hundred feet of a bridge underpass;(4) Any area designated as a no ski zone.(D) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.15 | Observer Required When Towing Skier.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly|Any person who operates a vessel towing any person riding or attempting to ride upon one or more water skis or upon a surfboard or similar device, or engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing, on the waters in this state shall have present in the vessel a person or persons other than the operator, ten years of age or older, who shall at all times observe the progress of the person being towed. The operator of the towing vessel shall at all times observe the traffic pattern toward which the vessel is approaching.No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.16 | Water Skiing After Dark Prohibited.

Effective: June 13, 1990|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 522 - 118th General Assembly|No person shall ride or attempt to ride upon water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or engage or attempt to engage in barefoot skiing, or use or operate any vessel to tow any person thereon on the waters in this state during that period of the day between sunset and sunrise, except upon special permit issued by the state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control of such water.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.18 | Personal Flotation Device Required.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage in any form of towed watersports without wearing an adequate and effective coast guard approved wearable personal flotation device specifically designed for towed watersports, in good and serviceable condition and of appropriate size, except upon special permit issued by one of the following persons or entities that manages the waterway:(1) The political subdivision having primary jurisdiction;(2) The administrator of a federal agency;(3) The director of a state agency;(4) The board of directors of a conservancy district;(5) Any other governing body having jurisdiction.(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a person engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing if the person is wearing a wet suit specifically designed for barefoot skiing that is in good and serviceable condition and of appropriate size.(C) No operator of a vessel shall allow any person who fails to comply with division (A) or (B) of this section to engage in any form of towed watersports.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.19 | Ski Jumps Prohibited.

Effective: March 4, 1983|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 782 - 114th General Assembly|No person shall install or maintain any structure or inclined platform known as a water ski jump on the waters in this state. No person shall use any such platform or structure for the purpose of water ski jumping, except upon special permit issued by the state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control over such water.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.20 | Permission for Conducting Special Water Events.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|No person or organization shall conduct any race, regatta, or other special event upon the waters in this state without first obtaining written permission, upon application not less than thirty days prior to the time of the proposed race, regatta, or event, of the federal agency, state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control over such waters. Any state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision may suspend its respective rules during a race, regatta, or special event. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that the operator of a vessel competing in a specially authorized race, regatta, or special event shall not attempt to attain high speeds on a marked racing course.On any waters in this state over which no federal agency, state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision has jurisdiction and control, no person or organization shall conduct any race, regatta, or other special event without first obtaining written permission, upon application not less than thirty days prior to the time of the proposed race, regatta, or event, of the chief of the division of parks and watercraft. The chief may, after determining that the public safety will be adequately protected, grant written permission for holding such race, regatta, or special event. This section does not apply to privately owned lakes or ponds nor to canoes or rowboats.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.21 | Requirements for Inflatable Vessel.

Effective: June 13, 1990|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 522 - 118th General Assembly|No person shall use or offer for use on the waters in this state any inflatable vessel made of canvas, rubber, synthetic rubber, or vinyl plastic unless the inflatable vessel is of multiple air cell or compartment construction and is capable of remaining afloat if one air cell or compartment is punctured or collapsed.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.22 | Restrictions on Sitting, Standing, Walking on Moving Vessel.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly|No occupant of any vessel underway on the waters in this state shall sit, stand, or walk upon any portion of the vessel not specifically designed for that movement, except when immediately necessary for the safe and reasonable navigation or operation of the vessel. No operator of a vessel under way on the waters in this state shall allow any occupant of the vessel to sit, stand, or walk on any portion of the vessel underway not specifically designed for that use, except when immediately necessary for the safe and reasonable navigation or operation of the vessel.No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.23 | Warming-Up Engine.

Effective: August 5, 1959|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 708 - 103rd General Assembly|The pilot or engineer of any powercraft for hire to carry passengers shall not permit passengers to come aboard before the engine of such powercraft has been permitted to run for a minimum of two minutes.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.24 | Personal Flotation Devices Required for Child Under 10.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel under eighteen feet in length while there is present in the vessel any person under ten years of age, not wearing a coast guard approved wearable personal flotation device in good and serviceable condition of appropriate size securely attached to the person under ten years of age.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.251 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.251 | Use of Approved Distress Signals or Flags.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) No person shall operate on the waters of Lake Erie or the immediately connecting bays, harbors, and anchorage areas at any time a vessel that is sixteen or more feet in length or any vessel carrying six or fewer passengers for hire without carrying coast guard approved visual distress signals for both day and night use.(B) No person shall operate upon the waters of Lake Erie or the immediately connecting bays, harbors, and anchorage areas during the period from sunset to sunrise according to local time any of the following without carrying coast guard approved visual distress signals for night use:(1) A vessel less than sixteen feet in length;(2) A vessel competing in an organized marine parade, race, regatta, or similar event;(3) A manually propelled vessel;(4) A sailboat less than twenty-six feet in length with completely open construction and without propulsion machinery.(C) No person shall operate a vessel on the waters in this state other than Lake Erie or the immediately connecting bays, harbors, and anchorage areas unless the vessel carries either a distress flag at least two feet square and international orange in color or a coast guard approved daytime distress signal.(D) No person shall display any distress signal unless a vessel or a person is in distress and in need of help.(E) Divisions (A) and (C) of this section do not apply to any of the following:(1) Vessels competing in an organized marine parade, race, regatta, or similar event;(2) Manually propelled vessels;(3) Sailboats less than twenty-six feet in length with completely open construction and without propulsion machinery.(F) The distress signals required by this section shall be in good and serviceable condition, readily accessible, and of the type and quantities required by regulations adopted under 46 U.S.C. 4302, as amended.(G) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.26 | Requiring Anchor and Line.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|All watercraft, except sailboats less than sixteen feet long having a cockpit depth of less than twelve inches and except canoes, shall carry an anchor and line of sufficient weight and length to anchor the watercraft securely. The chief of the division of parks and watercraft, by rule, may exempt other types of watercraft from this section after determining that carrying such an anchor and line would constitute a hazard.No person shall operate or permit to be operated any watercraft on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.27 | Required Fire Extinguishers.

Effective: June 13, 1990|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 522 - 118th General Assembly|(A) Except those powercraft propelled by an electric motor and those less than twenty-six feet in length designed for use with an outboard motor, of open construction, and not carrying passengers for hire, all powercraft shall carry fire extinguishers as prescribed in this section. The fire extinguishers shall be capable of extinguishing a burning gasoline fire, shall be so placed as to be readily accessible and in such condition as to be ready for immediate and effective use, and shall comply with minimum or higher standards for such extinguishers then prevailing as prescribed by the United States coast guard.(B) Class A and class 1 powercraft shall carry at least one B-1 fire extinguisher.Class 2 powercraft shall carry at least two B-1 fire extinguishers or at least one B-2 fire extinguisher.Class 3 powercraft shall carry at least three B-1 fire extinguishers, or at least one B-1 and one B-2 fire extinguishers.A B-1 fire extinguisher is one containing a minimum of one and one-fourth gallons foam, four pounds carbon dioxide, two pounds dry chemical, two and one-half pounds halon, or another extinguishing material approved by the United States coast guard, in a quantity approved by the United States coast guard, for such use. A B-2 fire extinguisher is one containing a minimum of two and one-half gallons foam, fifteen pounds carbon dioxide, ten pounds dry chemical, ten pounds halon, or another extinguishing material approved by the United States coast guard, in a quantity approved by the United States coast guard, for such use.(C) No person shall operate or permit to be operated on the waters in this state any powercraft that does not comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.28 | Backfire Flame Control Device.

Effective: March 18, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 121st General Assembly|Every gasoline engine installed in a vessel after April 25, 1940, except an outboard motor, shall be equipped with an acceptable device to control backfire flame. The device shall comply with all of the following:(A) Be securely attached to the air intake with a flame-tight connection;(B) Be in proper working order;(C) Be coast guard approved or comply with either SAE J1928 or UL 1111;(D) Be marked to indicate approval or compliance under division (C) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.302 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.302 | Disposing of Unclaimed Vessel or Motor.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Unclaimed vessels or outboard motors ordered into storage under division (B) of section 1547.30 or section 1547.301 of the Revised Code shall be disposed of at the order of the sheriff of the county, the chief of police of the municipal corporation, township, or township police district, or another chief of a law enforcement agency in any of the following ways: (1) To a marine salvage dealer;(2) To any other facility owned, operated, or under contract with the state or the county, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision;(3) To a charitable organization, religious organization, or similar organization not used and operated for profit;(4) By sale at public auction by the sheriff, the chief, or an auctioneer licensed under Chapter 4707. of the Revised Code, after giving notice of the auction by advertisement, published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code.(B) Any moneys accruing from the disposition of an unclaimed vessel or motor that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vessel or motor shall be credited to the general revenue fund or to the general fund of the county, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision, as appropriate.(C) As used in this section, "charitable organization" has the same meaning as in section 1716.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.304 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.304 | Abandoned Junk Vessel or Outboard Motor on Private Property.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|No person shall purposely leave an abandoned junk vessel or outboard motor on private property for more than seventy-two hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; in a sunken, beached, or drifting condition for any period of time; or in a docked condition, on a public street or other property open to the public, or upon or within the right-of-way of any waterway, road, or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the sheriff of the county, chief of police of the municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district, or other chief of a law enforcement agency, having territorial jurisdiction with respect to the location of the vessel or motor, of the reasons for leaving the vessel or motor in any such place or condition. For purposes of this section, the fact that an abandoned junk vessel or outboard motor has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment.Nothing in sections 1547.30, 1547.301, and 1547.303 of the Revised Code invalidates the provisions of any ordinance of a municipal corporation regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of vessels or outboard motors on waterways, beaches, docks, streets, highways, public property, or private property within the boundaries of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.32 | Vessel Used as Dwelling Creating Nuisance.

Effective: June 13, 1990|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 522 - 118th General Assembly|No person shall use any vessel for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a dwelling which creates a nuisance of either permanent or temporary nature on any of the waters in this state except Lake Erie, the Muskingum River, the Ohio River, and the immediately connected harbors and anchorage facilities or in such other areas as may be designated for the purpose.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.33 | Restrictions on Sink, Toilet or Sanitary System.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly|Except on the waters of Lake Erie, the Muskingum River, or the Ohio River, no person shall launch, moor, dock, use, operate, or permit to be operated on any of the waters in this state any vessel that contains a sink, toilet, or sanitary system that is capable of discharging urine, fecal matter, contents of a chemical commode, kitchen wastes, laundry wastes, slop sink drainage, or other household wastes into the waters in this state. Such a sink, toilet, or sanitary system shall be removed, sealed, or made to drain into a tank or reservoir that can be carried or pumped ashore for disposal in a sewage treatment works approved by the director of environmental protection.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.34 | Violations Prima Facie Evidence of Negligence.

Effective: March 4, 1983|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 782 - 114th General Assembly|Violations of sections 1547.02 to 1547.36 of the Revised Code, which result in injury to persons or damage to property shall constitute prima-facie evidence of negligence in a civil action.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.38 | Prohibiting Rental of Improperly Equipped Vessel.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|No person who lets vessels for hire, or the agent or employee thereof, shall rent, lease, charter, or otherwise permit the use of a vessel, unless the person provides the vessel with the equipment required under sections 1547.25, 1547.251, 1547.26, 1547.27, 1547.28, 1547.29, and 1547.31 of the Revised Code and rules regarding the equipment of vessels, and complies with the requirements of sections 1547.24, 1547.40, 1547.53, 1547.57, and either 1547.54 or 1547.542 of the Revised Code and rules to implement and enforce those sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 1547.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1547 | Watercraft and Waterways|Section 1547.39 | Requiring Capacity Plate.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) No person, after January 1, 1977, shall manufacture, sell, or offer for sale any watercraft propelled by machinery as its principal source of power, or watercraft designed to be manually propelled, less than twenty feet in length, and designed to carry two or more persons, manufactured after that date, unless a capacity plate containing the correct information, as prescribed by regulations adopted by the United States coast guard, is firmly attached to the watercraft. The capacity plate shall be attached in such a location that it is clearly legible from the position designed or intended to be occupied by the operator when the watercraft is underway.(B) No person shall operate or permit to be operated on the waters in this state watercraft for which a capacity plate is required under this section unless the capacity plate is attached.(C) No person shall alter, remove, or deface any information contained on the capacity plate unless the manufacturer has altered the watercraft in such a way that would require a change in the information contained on the capacity plate.(D) As used in this section, "manufacture" means to construct or assemble a watercraft, or to alter a watercraft in such a manner as to affect or change its weight capacity or occupant capacity.