SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2012 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-744.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-744.3. Slacken speed and control wakes near structures.
It shall be unlawful to operate any motorboat, except personal
watercraft, at a speed greater than the slowest possible speed required to
maintain steerage and headway when within fifty 50 feet or less
of docks, piers, boathouses, boat ramps, and people or a person in
the water. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a motorboat from towing a
person with a rope less than fifty feet in length, unless such person in
the water (i) is being towed by the motorboat or (ii) is accompanying the
motorboat, provided that such motorboat is propelled by an inboard motor.