Colorado Code
Article 13 - Vessels
§ 33-13-106. Equipment Requirements

(4.5) No person shall operate a vessel that has entered the water unless each child under the age of thirteen who is aboard such vessel is wearing a personal flotation device, unless such child is below deck or in an enclosed cabin. Such flotation device shall be of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard and shall be in good and serviceable condition.

(5) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (5) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person who violates this section commits a petty offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.


Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 901, § 2, effective January 1, 1985. L. 93: (1)(a) amended, p. 1837, § 4, effective July 1. L. 95: (2) amended, p. 972, § 17, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1604, § 2, effective June 4. L. 2003: (4.5) added and (5) and (6) amended, p. 1946, § 18, effective May 22. L. 2012: (3)(a), (4), and (6) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1226, § 58, effective June 4. L. 2019: (5) amended, (HB 19-1026), ch. 423, p. 3697, § 19, effective July 1. L. 2021: (5) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3264, § 569, effective March 1, 2022.


Cross references: For the short title ("Respect the Great Outdoors Act") and the legislative declaration in HB 19-1026, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 423, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.

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