2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-AAAAAA*2 - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation, Noise and Speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes.

* §  45-aaaaaa.  Special  provisions  relating  to reckless operation,
  noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of  Lakes.  1.  Notwithstanding  any
  other  provisions  of  this  chapter  or any inconsistent local laws (a)
  every pleasure vessel operated on the Fulton Chain of Lakes,  consisting
  of Old Forge Pond and First through Eighth Lakes, shall be operated in a
  careful  and  prudent  manner,  in  such  a  way  as not to unreasonably
  interfere with or endanger any 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.
2.  Except for Sixth and Seventh Lakes, no vessel shall be operated on
  the Fulton Chain of Lakes within two hundred feet of the shore, a  dock,
  pier,  raft  or  float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at
  such a speed that causes a wake that  unreasonably  interferes  with  or
  endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel
  but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the
  purpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land
  or  such  vessel  is  required  to  run  at  full  throttle  through  an
  established course to measure the vessel's decibel level pursuant to the
  directions of a law enforcement officer. A violation of this subdivision
  shall be a violation punishable as set forth in section  seventy-three-c
  of this article.
3.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this  chapter  or  any
  inconsistent local laws, no person shall operate  any  pleasure  vessel,
  upon  the waters of the Fulton Chain of Lakes that exceeds the following
  noise levels: (a)  for  engines  manufactured  before  September  first,
  nineteen  hundred eighty-nine, a noise level of eighty-six dbl.; (b) for
  engines manufactured on  or  after  September  first,  nineteen  hundred
  eighty-nine  and  before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, a
  noise level of eighty-four dbl.; (c) and for engines manufactured  after
  September   first,   nineteen  hundred  ninety-one,  a  noise  level  of
  eighty-two dbl. All decibel levels are to be measured on a decibel meter
  gauged to an A-weighted scale. A violation of this subdivision shall  be
  a  violation  punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this
  article.
4. Any law enforcement officer from the state of New York, Herkimer or
  Hamilton county, or any political subdivision  of  those  counties,  may
  direct  the  operator  of  any pleasure vessel reasonably believed to be
  exceeding the allowable noise levels on the Fulton Chain of Lakes to  an
  area  established  by  the officer for measuring vessel noise levels. At
  that area the vessel shall  be  operated  at  full  throttle  through  a
  straight  course  not  to exceed one hundred yards. Decibel measurements
  shall be measured at a distance of at least fifty feet from the pleasure
  vessel being tested while such vessel is at full throttle.
5. The provisions of this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  vessel
  competing  in  or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
  course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
  written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
  law enforcement agencies 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 have been complied with.  The  provisions
  of  this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency licensed
  aircraft.
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