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NRS 488.585 - Operation of motorboat in excess of certain speed prohibited unless engine cut-off switch is present, connected and operating properly; attachment of engine cut-off switch link.

NV Rev Stat § 488.585 (2019) (N/A)
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1. A person who owns or controls a motorboat that is equipped with an engine cut-off switch shall not operate or authorize another person to operate the motorboat at a rate of speed greater than 5 nautical miles per hour if the engine cut-off switch or engine cut-off switch link is missing, disconnected or not operating properly.

2. A person shall not operate a motorboat that is equipped with an engine cut-off switch at a rate of speed greater than 5 nautical miles per hour unless the engine cut-off switch link is attached to his or her body, clothing or personal flotation device.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Engine cut-off switch” means a switch that automatically stops the engine of a motorboat if activated by an engine cut-off switch link.

(b) “Engine cut-off switch link” means a device that, if attached to an operator, activates an engine cut-off switch if the operator is separated from the motorboat. The term includes a lanyard or other mechanical device and a wireless cut-off device.

(c) “Wireless cut-off device” means an engine cut-off switch link that transmits an electromagnetic signal to an engine cut-off switch.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 405)

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