A 4000: Requires vessels used for certain watersports that involve towing persons to display a flag.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4000 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to requiring that vessels used to tow a person display a flag The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 73 of the navigation law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4-b to read as follows: 3 4-b. (a) No person shall use or operate a vessel to tow a person with- 4 out displaying a flag in a visible manner such that operators of other 5 vessels in the area may reasonably determine that: 6 (i) a person being towed is in the water; or 7 (ii) a person is either preparing to be towed or is finishing being 8 towed. 9 (b) The flag required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision 10 shall be: 11 (i) colored international orange; 12 (ii) at least twelve square inches in size; and 13 (iii) mounted on a boarding handle or other safety handle. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07583-01-5