Code of Alabama
Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.
Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.

Section 33-5-50 - Short Title. - This article shall be designated as the "Alabama Boating Safety...

Section 33-5-51 - Operation of Personal Watercraft. - (a) As used in this section, "personal watercraft" means a...

Section 33-5-52 - Boater Safety Certification Generally. - (a) Every person, except those specifically exempted by statutory enactment,...

Section 33-5-53 - Boater Safety Certification; Application Fee; Examinations; Exemptions. - (a) Every person who applies for a boater safety certification...

Section 33-5-54 - Issuance of Boater Safety Certification. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, upon the installation...

Section 33-5-55 - Reports; Disposition of Funds. - At the close of business on Monday of each week,...

Section 33-5-56 - Certification to Bear Distinguishing Number, Color Photograph, Signature, and Other Identification Information; Notification on Motor Vehicle Driver or Learner License. - Each boater safety certification issued by the Department of Public...

Section 33-5-57 - Persons to Whom Boater Safety Certification Shall Not Be Issued. - (a) A boater safety certification may not be issued to...

Section 33-5-58 - Persons With Physical Disabilities or Impairments; Hearings. - (a) Any person with physical disabilities, a record of an...

Section 33-5-59 - Display of Certification Required. - Every holder of a boater safety certification shall have the...

Section 33-5-60 - Reciprocal Agreements With Other States. - The Director of Public Safety and Commissioner of Conservation and...

Section 33-5-61 - Restrictions for Persons Impaired From Physical Disabilities; Special Restricted Certification; Penalty for Violation of Restrictions. - (a) The Director of Public Safety, upon issuing a boater...

Section 33-5-62 - Rules and Regulations; Point System for Suspension or Revocation of Certifications. - The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may establish and...

Section 33-5-63 - Filing and Indexing Applications; Filing Accident Reports and Records of Convictions. - The Director of Public Safety shall file every application for...

Section 33-5-64 - Duplicates for Lost or Destroyed Certifications; Fees. - (a) In the event any boater safety certification issued under...

Section 33-5-65 - Reinstatement of Certification Following Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation. - Any person whose boater safety certification has been cancelled, suspended,...

Section 33-5-66 - Violations; Penalties. - (a) Any person of whom a boater safety certification is...

Section 33-5-67 - Operation While Certification Is Cancelled, Suspended, or Revoked Prohibited; Penalties. - Any person whose boater safety certification or vessel operator's certification...

Section 33-5-68 - Application Fee; Retention by Department of Public Safety. - (a) Every applicant for an original boater safety certification shall...

Section 33-5-69 - Flotation Device; Exceptions. - (a) All persons under eight years of age on board...

Section 33-5-70 - Reckless Operation of Vehicle; Careless Operation; Violation of Rules and Regulations of Marine Police; Penalties. - (a) It is unlawful to operate a vessel in a...

Section 33-5-71 - Obstruction of Operator's View Prohibited; Penalties. - (a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of a...

Section 33-5-72 - Emergency Engine or Motor Shut-Off Switch. - (a) It shall be unlawful on the waters of this...

Section 33-5-73 - Operation of Vessel in Excess of Speed Zone Prohibited. - No person shall under any circumstances operate a vessel on...

Section 33-5-74 - Markers, Signs, and Buoys; Mooring or Fastening Vessel Prohibited; Damaging, Altering, or Moving Prohibited; Penalties. - (a) Except in case of emergency, no person shall moor...

Section 33-5-75 - Authority of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to Cancel Certification or to Suspend or Revoke Privilege of Operating Vessel; Procedures. - (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may cancel...

Section 33-5-76 - Authority to Arrest at Scene of Boating Accident. - A uniformed police officer, state trooper, state law enforcement officer,...

Section 33-5-77 - Violation of Federal Laws or Rules Regulating Engine Horsepower; Penalties; Effective Date. - (a) It shall be unlawful in this state for any...

Section 33-5-78 - "Vessel" Defined. - For the purposes of this article, the term "vessel" shall...

Section 33-5-79 - Rules and Regulations. - The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may implement and...

Section 33-5-80 - Exemption for Law Enforcement Officers While Performing Their Duties. - Law enforcement officers while performing their duties shall be exempt...

Section 33-5-81 - Boating Safety as Part of Driver Education Curricula. - The State Department of Education shall require a segment of...