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Assembly Bill A4000

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires vessels used for certain watersports to display a flag

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2025-A4000 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §73, Nav L

2025-A4000 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires vessels used for certain watersports that involve towing persons to display a flag.

2025-A4000 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4000
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  navigation  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  that
   vessels used to tow a person display a flag
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 73 of the navigation law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-b to read as follows:
   4-B. (A) NO PERSON SHALL USE OR OPERATE A VESSEL TO TOW A PERSON WITH-
 OUT DISPLAYING A FLAG IN A VISIBLE MANNER SUCH THAT OPERATORS  OF  OTHER
 VESSELS IN THE AREA MAY REASONABLY DETERMINE THAT:
   (I) A PERSON BEING TOWED IS IN THE WATER; OR
   (II)  A  PERSON  IS EITHER PREPARING TO BE TOWED OR IS FINISHING BEING
 TOWED.
   (B) THE FLAG REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE:
   (I) COLORED INTERNATIONAL ORANGE;
   (II) AT LEAST TWELVE SQUARE INCHES IN SIZE; AND
   (III) MOUNTED ON A BOARDING HANDLE OR OTHER SAFETY HANDLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07583-01-5

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