Bill Title: To allow operators of vessels to use rearview mirrors to observe water skiers, barefoot skiers, and others who are being towed by the vessels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-04 - To Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security
[HB372 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-HB372-Introduced.html
As Introduced
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Hood, Stebelton, Smith
A BILL
| To amend section 1547.15 of the Revised Code to allow | 1 |
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operators of vessels to use rearview mirrors to | 2 |
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observe water skiers, barefoot skiers, and others | 3 |
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who are being towed by the vessels. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 1547.15 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
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amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 1547.15. Any person who operates a vessel towing any | 7 |
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person riding or attempting to ride upon one or more water skis or | 8 |
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upon a surfboard or similar device, or engaging or attempting to | 9 |
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engage in barefoot skiing, on the waters in this state shall have | 10 |
present in the vessel aone or both of the following: | 11 |
| (A) A person or persons other than the operator, ten years of | 12 |
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age or older, who shall at all times observe the progress of the | 13 |
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person being towed; | 14 |
| (B) A rearview mirror mounted so that the operator can | 15 |
observe the activities of the person being towed. The | 16 |
| The operator of the towing vessel shall at all times observe | 17 |
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the traffic pattern toward which the vessel is approaching. | 18 |
| No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel | 19 |
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on the waters in this state in violation of this section. | 20 |
| Section 2. That existing section 1547.15 of the Revised Code | 21 |
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is hereby repealed. | 22 |
