§ 43-A — Use of digital billboards

§ 43-a. Use of digital billboards. 1. All vessels shall be prohibited\nfrom operating, anchoring or mooring in the navigable waters of the\nstate while operating a digital billboard or other type of billboard\nthat uses flashing, intermittent or moving lights.\n 2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a\none or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images\nusing light-emitting diode technology or any such similar technology,\nunless exclusively used to identify the vessel.\n 3. This section shall not be construed to limit any authority\ndelegated to a city, village or town pursuant to section forty-six-a of\nthis part. A city, village or town may, by local law, expressly\nrestrict or prohibit the use of outdoor advertising signage on vessels\nwithin one thousand five hundred feet of its shore or expressly\nauthorize vessels to operate a digital billboard or other type of\nbillboard that uses flashing, intermittent or moving lights within one\nthousand five hundred feet of its shore.\n 4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a\ncivil penalty of one thousand dollars for the first violation, and five\nthousand dollars for all subsequent violations.\n