New York Laws
Part 1 - Vessels, General
46-AAA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Certain Lakes in Hamilton County.

§ 46-aaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed
on certain lakes in Hamilton county. 1. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every
pleasure vessel operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake, Indian lake,
and Utowana lake, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner, in
such a way as not to unreasonably interfere with or endanger any vessel
or person; a violation of this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor
punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this article; and
(b) no vessel shall be operated on such lakes at a speed exceeding
forty-five miles per hour nor shall any pleasure vessel be operated at a
speed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour between one-half hour after
sunset and one-half hour before sunrise; a violation of this paragraph
shall be a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c
of this article.

2. No vessel shall be operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake,
Indian lake and Utowana lake within two hundred feet of the shore, a
dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or
at such a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or
endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel
but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the
purpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or
land. A violation of this subdivision is a violation punishable as set
forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel
competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
law enforcement agencies at least fifteen days prior to such race,
pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and
all provisions of such section have been complied with. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency licensed
aircraft.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town
or county from adopting or enacting any local laws, resolutions or
ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but
no such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive any
of such provisions.