No operator shall allow any person to occupy the front or back deck of any vessel while under way at any speed greater than idle or trolling speed unless such vessel is equipped with factory-installed seating or is designed as such to allow access to the front or back deck by way of side walkways or factory-equipped, walk-through areas to a flat deck surrounded by life rails, deck rails, stern rails, bow rails, or other such enclosures extending at least twenty-four (24) inches above the deck.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 50, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 199, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 317, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000.