Tennessee Statutes
§ 69-9-401 — Display, use and illumination of divers-down flags
Tennessee·Title 69
(a)All divers shall prominently display a divers-down flag in the area in which they are diving when diving in an area other than one customarily used for swimming only.
(b)Divers shall not display a divers-down flag any longer than thirty (30) minutes before and after the dive.
(c)Divers shall surface within fifty feet (50') of the divers-down flag.
(d)When diving after dusk, divers shall illuminate the divers-down flag to make it visible from at least three hundred feet (300').
(e)No one shall use a divers-down flag to stop, limit, or otherwise affect the flow of water traffic.
(f)Violations of this section shall be punished as follows:
(1)First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(2)Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and (3
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Legislative History
Acts 1984, ch. 732, §2; T.C.A. § 69-10-401.
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