N.Y. Navigation Law Section 45-AAAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice

1.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on Lake Alice within Orleans county, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner, in such a way as not to unreasonably interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person; a violation of this paragraph is a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in § 73-B (Misdemeanors)section seventy-three-b of this article; and

(b)

no vessel shall be operated on such lake at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles per hour; a violation of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable as set forth in § 73-C (Violations)section seventy-three-c of this article.

2.

No vessel shall be operated within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near such shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land. A violation of this subdivision shall be a violation punishable as set forth in § 73-C (Violations)section seventy-three-c of this article.

3.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any pleasure vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association between nine o’clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate law enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to the provisions of § 34 (Regattas)section thirty-four of this chapter, and all provisions of such section thirty-four have been complied with.

Source: Section 45-AAAAA — Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/45-AAAAA (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Equipment 40‑A
Manufacture and sale of outboard motors 40‑B
Sale and use of tributyltin paint 41
Pilot rules 42
Searchlights 42‑A
Tow-chains 43
Lights to be displayed 43‑A
Use of digital billboards 44
Noise levels on pleasure vessels 45
Reckless operation of a vessel 45‑A
Beaching a disabled water craft 45‑AA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Canandaigua lake 45‑AAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay 45‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake 45‑AAAA*2
Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay 45‑AAAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice 45‑AAAAAA
Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake 45‑AAAAAA*2
Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes 45‑B
Regulation of beaches 45‑C
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake 45‑CC
Reckless operation and speed on the canal system 45‑D
Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Harbor 46
Vessel regulation zone 46‑A
Regulations of vessels 46‑AA
Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county 46‑AAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county 46‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake 46‑B
Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake 47
Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting 47‑A
Accidents 47‑B
Report to the commissioner required upon accident 48
Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable to owner 49
Operator 49‑A
Operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs 49‑B
Operating a vessel after having consumed alcohol 49‑C
Termination of unsafe operation 49‑D
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Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 45-AAAAA’s source at nysenate​.gov

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