Tennessee Code 69-9-224 – Termination of unsafe use
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-9-224
- Boat: means any vessel:
(A) Manufactured or used primarily for noncommercial use. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204 - Executive director: means the executive director of the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
- Mooring: means the act of making fast or securing a boat with lines or anchors, and may also include the place where a boat is secured or made fast. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
- Operator: means the person who operates or has charge of the navigation or use of a motorboat or vessel. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
- Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
The executive director, or the executive director’s designees or officers, upon observing a boat being used without sufficient lifesaving or firefighting devices, or in an overloaded or other unsafe condition, which in such person‘s judgment creates an especially hazardous condition, may direct the operator to take whatever immediate and reasonable steps would be necessary for the safety of those aboard the vessel, including directing the operator to return to mooring and to remain there until the situation creating the hazard is corrected or ended.