Yo-ho-ho and fewer bottles of rum
Published February 22, 2008 by CSBJ Staff
A bill that would lower a boat operator’s allowable blood alcohol content to 0.08 from 0.1 unanimously passed out of the Senate Transportation Committee yesterday.
The new restrictions would apply to all vessels—including, presumably, a one-person rubber raft.
SB 159 sponsors said that the bill would “reduce incidences of dangerous activity” on Colorado lakes and rivers.
Penalties for “drunken boating” include fines of up to $1,000, and jail sentences of up to one year.
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