Subdivision 1. Acts prohibited. (a) An owner or other person having charge or control of a motorboat may not authorize or allow an individual the person knows or has reason to believe is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled or other substance to operate the motorboat in operation on the waters of this state.

(b) An owner or other person having charge or control of a motorboat may not knowingly authorize or allow a person, who by reason of a physical or mental disability is incapable of operating the motorboat, to operate the motorboat in operation on the waters of this state.

(c) A person who operates or is in physical control of a motorboat on the waters of this state is subject to chapter 169A. In addition to the applicable sanctions under chapter 169A, a person who is convicted of violating section 169A.20 or an ordinance in conformity with it, or who fails a test lawfully administered under sections 169A.50 to 169A.53 or 171.177, or an ordinance in conformity with any of these sections, is prohibited from operating a motorboat on the waters of this state for 90 days between May 1 and October 31, extending over two consecutive years if necessary. If the person refuses to comply with a lawful demand to submit to testing under sections 169A.50 to 169A.53 or 171.177, or an ordinance in conformity with any of these sections, the person is prohibited from operating a motorboat for one year. The commissioner shall notify the person of the period during which the person is prohibited from operating a motorboat.

(d) Administrative and judicial review of the operating privileges prohibition is governed by section 169A.53 or 171.177.

(e) The court shall promptly forward to the commissioner and the Department of Public Safety copies of all convictions and criminal and civil sanctions imposed under: (1) this section; (2) chapter 169 relating to motorboats; (3) chapter 169A; and (4) section 171.177.

(f) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b), or an ordinance in conformity with either of them, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(g) For purposes of this subdivision, a motorboat "in operation" does not include a motorboat that is anchored, beached, or securely fastened to a dock or other permanent mooring, or a motorboat that is being rowed or propelled by other than mechanical means.

Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

Subd. 5a. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

Subd. 8. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69]

History: 1990 c 391 art 9 s 18; 1992 c 570 art 3 s 1; 1994 c 615 s 5,6; 1995 c 230 s 6; 1Sp1997 c 2 s 5; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 7; 2000 c 495 s 7; 2001 c 7 s 23; 2012 c 272 s 22; 2017 c 83 art 3 s 18; 2018 c 183 s 2; 1Sp2019 c 5 art 6 s 2