(a) Jet boats that carry passengers for hire shall:

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-9-218

  • Boat: means any vessel:
    (A) Manufactured or used primarily for noncommercial use. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Operate: means to navigate, be in physical control of, or otherwise use a motorboat or a 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
(1) Only operate during the hours between ten o’clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) and five o’clock p.m. (5:00 p.m.) on Monday through Friday;
(2) Only operate during the hours between ten o’clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) and seven o’clock p.m. (7:00 p.m.) on Saturday and Sunday;
(3) Not travel at a speed greater than a no-wake speed within fifty feet (50′) of any private or public dock or boat ramp;
(4) Not travel at any time at a speed greater than thirty-three nautical miles per hour (33 NMPH);
(5) Be subject to the noise level restrictions under part 3 of this chapter; and
(6) Not perform the maneuver commonly called a “donut” within one-hundred feet (100′) of any private vessel or the shoreline.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2018, no person shall locate any outfitter or other business that carries passengers for hire on jet boats within five thousand feet (5,000′) of another outfitter or other business that carries passengers for hire on jet boats.
(c) A person violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction of an offense, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.
(d) This section shall only apply in a tourist resort county, as defined in § 42-1-301.
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