Wis. Stat. § 30.625
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 30.625, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Rental of motorboats.
Official statutory text
(1) No person who is engaged in the rental or leasing of motorboats to the public may do any of the following:
(a) Rent or lease a motorboat for operation by a person who will be operating a motorboat for the first time in each calendar year and who does not hold a valid certificate issued under s. 30.74 (1) unless the person engaged in the rental or leasing gives the person instruction on how to operate a motorboat in the manner established by the department under s. 30.74 (1) (am) .
(b) Rent or lease a personal watercraft to a person under 16 years of age.
(c) Rent or lease a personal watercraft without providing the person who will be operating the personal watercraft with a personal flotation device that meets the requirements specified under s. 30.62 (3) (b) .
(1m) No person who is under 16 years of age may rent or lease a personal watercraft.
History: 1991 a. 257 ; 2005 a. 356 ss. 1b to 1e , 8 ; 2009 a. 180 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 81 .
(a) Rent or lease a motorboat for operation by a person who will be operating a motorboat for the first time in each calendar year and who does not hold a valid certificate issued under s. 30.74 (1) unless the person engaged in the rental or leasing gives the person instruction on how to operate a motorboat in the manner established by the department under s. 30.74 (1) (am) .
(b) Rent or lease a personal watercraft to a person under 16 years of age.
(c) Rent or lease a personal watercraft without providing the person who will be operating the personal watercraft with a personal flotation device that meets the requirements specified under s. 30.62 (3) (b) .
(1m) No person who is under 16 years of age may rent or lease a personal watercraft.
History: 1991 a. 257 ; 2005 a. 356 ss. 1b to 1e , 8 ; 2009 a. 180 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 81 .
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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