2004 Minnesota Statutes

     86B.501 Personal flotation and lifesaving devices. 

    Subdivision 1.    Personal flotation or lifesaving 
 devices.  (a) Watercraft and duck boats using the waters of 
 this state must be equipped with the number and type of personal 
 flotation or lifesaving devices prescribed by the commissioner.  

    (b) The commissioner may not: 

    (1) require sailboards to be equipped with personal 
 flotation or lifesaving devices; or 

    (2) require persons on sailboards to wear personal 
 flotation or lifesaving devices or have them readily available.  

    Subd. 2.    Rented watercraft responsibility for 
 lifesaving devices.  The owner of a business that rents, 
 leases, or hires out watercraft must provide a personal 
 flotation or lifesaving device of the type required by this 
 section for each person on board the watercraft.  

    HIST: 1990 c 391 art 9 s 26