§ 33-5-22 — Safety Equipment and Navigation Lights; Flags; Flame Arrestor, Etc., for Carburetor

Alabama § 33-5-22

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 33: Navigation and Watercourses
• Ch. 5: Registration and Operation of Vessels
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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(a) Every vessel, while being operated on the waters of this state, shall be equipped with reasonable safety devices and navigation lights in accordance with rules adopted by the secretary. No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of a vessel that is not equipped as required by rule of the secretary.
(b) All safety equipment and navigation lights required by this section shall meet the minimum standards that the secretary may adopt by rule as minimum safety equipment and navigation lights.
(c) Airboats shall display a flag 10 by 14 inches on a 12 foot mast.
(d) A diver’s flag must be displayed on the surface of any water where divers or snorkelers are operating as may be required by the secretary by rule.
(e) Every motorboat shall have the carburetor or carburetors of every engine, except outboard motors using gasoline as fuel, equipped with an efficient USCG approved flame arrestor, backfire trap, or similar device as may be prescribed by rule of the secretary.

Legislative History

(Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §17; Acts 1969, No. 1057, p. 1977, §1; Act 2023-363, §1.)