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SECTION 45-AAAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice
Navigation (NAV) CHAPTER 37, ARTICLE 4, PART 1
§ 45-aaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and
speed on Lake Alice. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel
operated on Lake Alice within Orleans county, shall be operated in a
careful and prudent manner, in such a way as not to unreasonably
interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person; a violation of
this paragraph is a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section
seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated on
such lake at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles per hour; 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 within one hundred feet of the shore, a
dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed
exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near
such shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose
of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land. A
violation of this subdivision shall be 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 pleasure
vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a
specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association between
nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice
of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate law
enforcement agency 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 thirty-four have been complied with.