(a) The department may issue regulations to do all of the following:

(1) Establish minimum safety standards for boats and associated equipment.

Terms Used In California Harbors and Navigation Code 652

  • Associated equipment: means any of the following, excluding radio equipment:

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  • County: includes city and county. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 14
  • Department: means the Department of Boating and Waterways. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other entity, but does not include the United States, the state, or a municipality or subdivision thereof. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
  • Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
  • Vessel: includes every description of a watercraft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except either of the following:

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(2) Require the installation, carrying, or using of associated equipment.

(3) Prohibit the installation, carrying, or using of associated equipment that does not conform with safety standards established pursuant to this chapter.

(b) The regulations shall conform with the federal navigation laws or with the navigation rules promulgated by the United States Coast Guard, or any successor thereto.

(c) A person or public agency shall not use or give permission for the use of a vessel that does not carry the equipment or meet the standards established pursuant to this chapter.

(d) A peace officer or harbor police officer authorized to enforce this chapter may order the termination of the operation of a vessel that is found to be unsafe for operation pursuant to Section 6550.5 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. A violation of an order under this subdivision is a misdemeanor.

(e) A person found guilty of a misdemeanor violation of subdivision (d), or of any regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this section, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months, or both that fine and imprisonment.

(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 107. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)

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