Harb. & Nav. Code, § 261 · Chapter 2. Penalties
Harb. & Nav. Code, § 261
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Every steam vessel navigating any waters of this State and carrying passengers, shall be equipped with boats as follows:
(a) If of five hundred tons measurement, one first-class life-boat and one row-boat, twenty-five feet long by seven wide, each capable of carrying fifty persons; and at least one other good row-boat.
(b) If of two hundred and fifty and less than five hundred tons measurement, at least two ordinary row-boats.
(c) If of less than two hundred and fifty tons burden, at least one small row-boat.
The boats shall be so attached that they can be launched at any time for immediate use.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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