(a) No person less than twelve years of age shall operate a motor powered vessel exceeding ten horsepower unless accompanied on board by person at least eighteen years of age who has been issued a safe boating certificate.
(b) No person less than sixteen years of age shall operate on the waters of the state a vessel that is required to be registered or numbered pursuant to this chapter and that is engaged in water skiing, as defined in section 15-127.
(P.A. 89-388, S. 4; P.A. 91-408, S. 14, 18; P.A. 15-25, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 91-408 limited prohibition to motor powered vessel “exceeding ten horsepower”, replaced “person more than eighteen years of age” with “person at least eighteen years of age” and replaced “certificate of boating operation” with “safe boating certificate”; P.A. 15-25 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re person less than 16 years of age prohibited from operating vessel engaged in water skiing.
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