ARTICLE 4. Charter Boat Safety
Article 4 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1049, Sec. 1.
§§ 773–774.4 · 14 sections
- § 773 The Legislature finds and declares that the charter boat industry operates in the public interest by providing jobs, nutritious food, education, recreation,…
- § 773.1 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Charter Boat Safety Act of 1983.
- § 773.2 As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “For-hire vessel” means a for-hire vessel as defined in Section 4661 of the Public…
- § 773.3 No person shall take or offer to take seven or more passengers on a charter boat unless the vessel is licensed by the United States Coast Guard.
- § 773.4 (a) No operator or charterer shall prevent any person from complying with, or direct any person to violate, any provision of this article, or direct the…
- § 773.5 The operator of a charter boat, or the operator’s employee or agent, shall require each passenger to don a life preserver under any of the following…
- § 773.6 An operator, or the operator’s employee or agent, who directs the passengers to the life preservers while announcing that the passengers are required for their…
- § 773.7 The operator, or the operator’s employee or agent, of a charter boat, prior to getting underway, shall orient each passenger concerning emergency procedures. A…
- § 773.8 (a) A charterer or operator who organizes charter boat trips shall inform each adult passenger as soon as practicable after the passenger contracts or pays for…
- § 774 (a) Every charterer and every charter boat operator shall include in all advertising for any charter trips in the coastal zone, as defined in Section 30103 of…
- § 774.1 No operator of a for-hire vessel shall leave or enter Morro Bay after being directed by the harbormaster of the harbor not to do so because of the condition of…
- § 774.2 The operation of Section 655, 773.5, 773.7, or 774.1 or subdivision (b) of Section 773.8 shall be suspended if the Coast Guard or other appropriate federal…
- § 774.3 (a) Except as provided in Section 774, violation of any provision of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months in…
- § 774.4 (a) This article does not impose any mandatory duties upon any public entity to monitor sea or weather conditions or to warn or prevent vessels from leaving or…