§ 47-a. Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to report. 1. Every police officer, bay constable or judicial officer receiving information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but not limited to, rowboats and canoes, in which any person is killed, injured or disappears under the water shall immediately investigate the facts, or cause the same to be investigated, make a written memorandum of the information received, and such additional facts relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and mail the same within five days to the commissioner and keep a record thereof in his or her office, provided, however, that the report of the accident is made to the police officer, bay constable or judicial officer within five days after such accident. Every coroner, or other official performing like functions, shall likewise make a report to the commissioner with respect to all deaths found to have been the result of vessel accidents.

2. Every police officer, bay constable or judicial officer receiving information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but not limited to, rowboats and canoes, in which damage in excess of one thousand dollars to the property of any person is sustained shall make a written memorandum of the information received, and such additional facts relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and mail the same within five days to the commissioner and keep a record thereof in his or her office.

3. In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official or agency of the United States, any information compiled by or otherwise available to the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to such official or agency of the United States.