C.R.S.
Section 33-13-107.1
Minimum age of motorboat operators
- youth education
(1)
No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a motorboat in this state except as provided in this section.(2)
A person fourteen years of age or older who has not reached his or her sixteenth birthday may operate a motorboat only if he or she:(a)
Completes a boating safety course approved by the division of parks and wildlife; and(b)
Has a boating safety certificate issued by the boating safety course provider in his or her possession.(3)
No person shall permit or knowingly authorize a motorboat to be operated by a person under sixteen years of age; except that a person fourteen years of age or older who has not reached his or her sixteenth birthday may be permitted or authorized to operate a motorboat if he or she has met the boating safety and certificate requirements of subsection (2) of this section.(4)
No owner or operator of a vessel livery or an agent or employee of such owner or operator shall lease, hire, or rent a motorboat to or for operation by any person under sixteen years of age; except that a person fourteen years of age or older who has not reached his or her sixteenth birthday may be permitted or authorized to operate a motorboat if he or she has met the boating safety and certificate requirements of subsection (2) of this section.(5)
Any person who violates this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.(6)
It is the intent of the general assembly that no general fund dollars be appropriated for the purpose of implementing the requirements of this section.
Source:
Section 33-13-107.1 — Minimum age of motorboat operators - youth education, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-33.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
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