<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-66. - Required equipment.</div>
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               (a)
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               In G.S. 75A-6(f), the word "motorboat" has been deleted by local modification and
               is substituted with the word "vessel." The modified section reads substantially as
               follows:
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               (1)
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               Every vessel shall carry at least one life preserver or life belt or ring buoy or
               other device of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the wildlife resources commission
               for each person on board, so placed as to be readily accessible, provided that every
               vessel carrying passengers for hire shall carry, so placed as to be readily accessible,
               at least one life preserver of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the commission
               for each person on board.
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               (2)
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               "Vessel" as defined in the statute means every description of watercraft or structure,
               other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation
               or habitation on the water.
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               (b)
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               This modification is effective for Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, and Lincoln counties.
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               (Code 1995, Â§ 292.01)
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