Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION › Title 163 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission › Chapter 3 - Boating Regulations › Section 163-3-001 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
Under authority of and in compliance with sections
				  37-1201
				  through
				  37-1274,
				  R.R.S. 1993, the following regulations are prescribed by the Nebraska Game and
				  Parks Commission and are effective following enactment by the Game and Parks
				  Commission, approval by the Attorney General and Governor, and when five days
				  have elapsed since filing with the Secretary of State.
001.01 Horsepower
This term means the rated horsepower of the engine or motor
				  or other power unit at maximum operating revolutions per minute. If revolutions
				  per minute is not an applicable term to the power unit involved, the standard
				  measurements for the particular type unit shall be used.
001.01A Determination of Horsepower - In
				general, for existing and new equipment, the manufacturer's rates horsepower at
				a stated maximum operating R.P.M. as set forth on the name plate attached to
				the engine, or as stamped on the engine, or as described in a "book of
				instructions", or other literature issued for such engine will be accepted as
				prima facie evidence of the horsepower of the machinery in question. In the
				event the machinery does not have marked thereon or accompanying it any
				literature or tag setting forth the manufacturer's rated horsepower, or should
				the Commission or its agents or other enforcement officers dispute the
				manufacturer's rated horsepower, then the listing of the horsepower of reliable
				sources will be accepted as prima facie evidence of the horsepower.
In the event the owner or operator of a power propelled
				  vessel disagrees with the findings of the Commission, its agents, or other law
				  enforcement officers as to the actual horsepower of the propellant machinery in
				  question, it shall be the responsibility of such owner or operator to prove to
				  the satisfaction of the Commission, its agents or other law enforcement
				  officers the actual horsepower of the propelling machinery.
001.01B Machinery - This term includes
				inboard and outboard engines and all other types of engines or mechanical
				devices capable of propelling vessels.
001.01C Operator - This term means the person
				who operates or who has charge of the navigation or use of a motorboat or
				vessel.
001.01D Ship's Lifeboat -
				This term means lifeboats used solely for lifesaving purposes and does not
				include dinghies, tenders, speed boats or other types of craft carried aboard
				or towed by any vessel and used for other than lifesaving purposes.
001.01E State -- This term means a state of
				the United States, its boundary waters, a territory of the United States or the
				District of Columbia.
001.01F Bow
				-- Front
001.01G Stern --
				Rear
001.01H Starboard --
				Right
001.01I Port --
				Left
001.01J Beam -- Widest part of
				the boat
001.01K Abaft the beam --
				To the rear
001.01L Wake -- The
				swell, moving waves, track, path, or water pattern astern of a vessel passing
				through water
001.01M No Wake Speed
				-- A speed at which the vessel does not produce a wake, not to exceed 5 miles
				per hour.