(A) Every motorboat subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall carry at least one life preserver or life saving device for each person on board as follows.
(1) Motorboats carrying passengers for hire shall carry an approved life preserver for each person on board.
(2) Motorboats of Class 3 not carrying passengers for hire shall carry an approved life preserver or ring buoy for each person on board.
(3) All other motorboats not provided for by this section shall carry an approved life preserver, ring buoy or buoyant cushion for each person on board except that commercial fishing boats may use wooden life floats made of light buoyant wood instead.
(B) All lifesaving devices shall be at all times so placed as to be readily accessible.
(1980 Code, § 13.606) Penalty, see § 97.99