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B.__A noise level of 75 decibels when subjected to an | | operational test measured as prescribed by the commissioner. |
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| | | A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation | | for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 | | may be adjudged. |
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| | | 11.__Operating motorboat without muffler.__A person may not | | operate a motorboat that is not equipped at all times with an | | effective and suitable muffling device on its engine or engines | | to effectively deaden or muffle the noise of the exhaust, except | | that: |
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| | | A.__Motorboats that are operating in a regatta or race | | approved by the commissioner under section 13061 may use | | cutouts for these motorboats while on trial runs or | | competing in speed events, for a period not to exceed 48 | | hours immediately preceding or following such an authorized | | event. |
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| | | A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation | | for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 | | may be adjudged. |
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| | | 12.__Tampering with a motorboat muffler system.__A person may | | not modify a motorboat muffler system in any way that results in | | an increase in the decibels of sound emitted by that motorboat. |
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| | | A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation | | for which a forfeiture not to exceed $100 may be adjudged, | | payable to the Treasurer of State and recoverable in a civil | | action. |
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| | | 13.__Headway speed only.__A person may not operate a | | watercraft at a speed greater than headway speed while within the | | water safety zone or within a marina or an approved anchorage in | | coastal or inland waters except: |
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| | | A.__While actively fishing; or |
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| | | B.__While picking up or dropping off one or more persons on | | water skis in the water safety zone if a reasonably direct | | course is taken through the water safety zone between the | | point that the skiers are picked up or dropped off and the | | outer boundary of the water safety zone. |
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| | | For the purposes of this subsection, "headway speed" means the | | minimum speed necessary to maintain steerage and control of the | | watercraft while the watercraft is moving. |
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