Engine cutoff switches

(a) A person operating a personal watercraft on the waters of Tennessee shall have a lanyard type engine cutoff switch and must attach the lanyard to the person, clothing, or personal flotation device as is appropriate. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person operating a personal watercraft that was not equipped with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch at the time of production by the manufacturer. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 572, s 1, eff. 3/8/2016. Acts 1996, ch. 808, §1; T.C.A. § 69-10-503. (a) A person operating a personal watercraft on the waters of Tennessee shall have a lanyard type engine cutoff switch and must attach the lanyard to the person, clothing, or personal flotation device as is appropriate. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person operating a personal watercraft that was not equipped with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch at the time of production by the manufacturer. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 572, s 1, eff. 3/8/2016. Acts 1996, ch. 808, §1; T.C.A. § 69-10-503.