§ 4212. Towing person or persons using parasails, water skis or similar devices--Time restricti...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 4212
§ 4212. Towing person or persons using parasails, water skis or similar devices--Time restrictions--Professional exhibitions excepted--Colliding with or striking object or person--Operation of personal watercraft
B. No person shall operate or give permission to operate a vessel on any waters of this state towing a person or persons using parasails or on water skis, a surfboard, a sailboard or similar device nor shall any person engage in parasailing, water skiing, surfboarding, sailboarding or similar activity at any time between the hours from sunset to sunrise or at such time visibility due to other existing conditions is obscured so as to endanger life or property.
D. No person shall operate or give permission to operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of parasails, water skis, a surfboard, or similar device may be affected or controlled in such a way as to cause the parasails, water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide with or strike against any object or person.
E. 1. No person shall operate or give permission to operate a personal watercraft or similar device capable of being remote controlled by the skier unless such device is factory equipped with an engine kill switch capable of shutting off the engine in the event the skier becomes detached from the personal watercraft device. A person operating a personal watercraft equipped by the manufacturer with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch shall attach such lanyard to his or her person, clothing, or personal flotation device as appropriate for the specific vessel.
Credits
Laws 1989, c. 346, § 64, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 284, § 53, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 60, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 231, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2003, c. 393, § 7, emerg. eff. June 4, 2003.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 4212, OK ST T. 63 § 4212
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 3 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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