(a) A person operating a personal watercraft on the waters of Tennessee shall have a lanyard type engine cutoff switch and must attach the lanyard to the person, clothing, or personal flotation device as is appropriate.(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person operating a personal watercraft that was not equipped with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch at the time of production by the manufacturer.Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 572, s 1, eff. 3/8/2016.Acts 1996, ch. 808, §1; T.C.A. § 69-10-503.
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