KOROR STATE GOVERNMENT MARINE TOUR GUIDE ... - C3

c) instruction free-of-charge regarding the safe operation of PWC (which shall
include basic PWC operation and control skills, and distress and emergency
protocol).
Every person offering a PWC for rent within the state shall also: (a) procure and maintain
no less than Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) of liability insurance to
cover all damage caused by such person and/or any of such person’s PWC renter(s) to
the environment and/or any third party or personal or real property; (b) require each of
such person’s PWC renters to acknowledge in writing that such renter has been
provided with a summary of all laws and regulations governing PWC operation in state
waters and that the renter has read and understood them (and shall retain each signed
form for no less than six (6) months from the respective rental date); and not rent – or
offer to rent – any PWC to any individual less than eighteen (18) years of age or anyone
who is, in the reasonable determination of the individual offering the PWC for rent, under
the influence of any drug or alcohol.
7.6.13 Section XIII
OWNER LIABILITY
A PWC owner is liable for all injuries caused by the negligent operation of said owner’s
PWC (excepting persons offering a PWC for commercial rental). It shall be refutably
presumed that a PWC is being operated with the owner’s knowledge and consent if the
PWC is being operated by the owner’s son, daughter, spouse, father, mother, brother,
sister or other immediate member of the owner’s family.
7.6.14 Section XIV
PROSPECTIVE, 2-STROKE ENGINE BAN
Commencing on January 1, 2006, 2-stroke engine PWC will be prohibited.
7.6.15 Section XV
OPERATOR DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL USE PROHIBITION
In addition to any other Koror State Public Law or Republic of Palau dictate, no PWC
operator may be under the influence of any drug or alcohol.
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