§ 42-a. Tow-chains. Any person, for a fee, who operates a boat or
vessel, and who pilots, offers to pilot, tows or offers to tow any other
boat or vessel, must remove completely from the water any rope or chain
or other tool or device used to connect the boats or vessels for the
purposes of towing, while such rope or chain or other tool or device is
not being used to tow another boat or vessel. Violation of this section
is a violation, punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty
dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.