Boating and PWC Regulations
BOAT & PWC SAFETY
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TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE SAFETY LAWS
OPERATION OF YOUR PERSONAL WATERCRAFT (PWC)
NOTE: Children under 13 are specifically prohibited from operating a PWC unless accompanied on board by a person at least 18 years of age who can lawfully operate the PWC.
All operational rules for regular motorboats also apply to PWC.
In addition to those requirements, it is unlawful for any person to:
(1) operate PWC at night (sunset until sunrise);
(2) operate PWC within 50 feet of another PWC, motorboat, vessel, plat-form, person, object, or shore except at headway speed (headway speed—slow, idle speed, or speed only fast enough to maintain steerage) without creating a swell or wake; and
(3) operate a PWC and jump the wake of another vessel recklessly or unnecessarily close.
For more information visit TPWD Boating Regulations
Burnet County Violations
The purpose of these rules is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, to promote the economic welfare of the state, to decrease situations which are nuisances creating a greater likelihood of vandalism and fire, and to prohibit activity which would cause, permit, or allow a public nuisance.
LCRA Domestic Water Use
Lakeside residential property owners must have a domestic use water contract with LCRA to pump water from one of the Highland Lakes or Lady Bird Lake. The contracts are for up to 10 years and up to 10 acre-feet of water per year. These are firm water contracts.