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To amend section 1547.15 of the Revised Code to allow | 1 |
operators of vessels to use rearview mirrors to | 2 |
observe water skiers, barefoot skiers, and others | 3 |
who are being towed by the vessels. | 4 |
Section 1. That section 1547.15 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
amended to read as follows: | 6 |
Sec. 1547.15. Any person who operates a vessel towing any | 7 |
person riding or attempting to ride upon one or more water skis or | 8 |
upon a surfboard or similar device, or engaging or attempting to | 9 |
engage in barefoot skiing, on the waters in this state shall have | 10 |
present in the vessel | 11 |
(A) A person or persons other than the operator, ten years of | 12 |
age or older, who shall at all times observe the progress of the | 13 |
person being towed; | 14 |
(B) A rearview mirror mounted so that the operator can | 15 |
observe the activities of the person being towed. | 16 |
The operator of the towing vessel shall at all times observe | 17 |
the traffic pattern toward which the vessel is approaching. | 18 |
No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel | 19 |
on the waters in this state in violation of this section. | 20 |
Section 2. That existing section 1547.15 of the Revised Code | 21 |
is hereby repealed. | 22 |