Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 31.106 — PERSONAL WATERCRAFT

PW § 31.106Title 4. WATER SAFETY · Ch. 31. WATER SAFETY · Art. D. BOATING REGULATIONS

Statute text

(a)No person shall operate a personal watercraft in the following manner or under the following circumstances:

(1)unless each person riding on or towed behind the vessel is wearing a U.S. Coast Guard approved Type I, II, III, or V personal flotation device;

(2)if the vessel is equipped by the manufacturer with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch, unless such lanyard is attached to the person, clothing, or personal flotation device of the operator as appropriate for the vessel involved;

(3)during the period between sunset and sunrise;

(4)within 50 feet of any other vessel, person, stationary platform or other object, or shore, except at headway speed;

(5)if the operator is under 13 years of age unless the operator is supervised by another person who:

…

Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 269 (H.B. 1395), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.