California Harbors and Navigation Code 655.4 – (a) No person shall serve as a crew member on any charter boat …
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(a) No person shall serve as a crew member on any charter boat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any drug, or the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug.
(b) No person shall serve as a crew member on any charter boat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any drug, or under the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug, and while so serving, do any act forbidden by law, or neglect any duty imposed by law in the use of the vessel, which act or neglect proximately causes bodily injury to any person other than himself or herself.
Terms Used In California Harbors and Navigation Code 655.4
- Boat: means any vessel that is any of the following:
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- Drug: means any substance or combination of substances other than alcohol that could so affect the nervous system, brain, or muscles of a person as to impair to an appreciable degree the person's ability to operate a vessel in the manner that an ordinarily prudent person, in full possession of their faculties, using reasonable care, would operate a similar vessel under like conditions. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other entity, but does not include the United States, the state, or a municipality or subdivision thereof. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
- Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
- Vessel: includes every description of a watercraft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except either of the following:
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(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 910, Sec. 1.)