1. 1. Any person operating a watercraft on the waters of this state shall stop such watercraft upon a signal of any member of the Missouri state water patrol and obey any other reasonable signal or direction of such member of the Missouri state water patrol given in directing the movement of traffic on the waters of this state.
2. 2. Any person operating a watercraft upon the waters of this state shall immediately stop or position such watercraft in such a way as to give the right-of-way on the water to any emergency watercraft, as established by the Missouri state water patrol, when such emergency watercraft gives an audible signal by siren or gives a visible signal by having at least one lighted lamp exhibiting a red or blue light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such emergency watercraft.
3. 3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

(L. 1989 S.B. 135)

Effective 5-25-89