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Your state's child life jacket age differs from the federal rule. Which one applies on that state's waters?

The state's rule replaces the federal one there.

  1. The state's rule ✔
  2. The federal rule
  3. Whichever age is older

Why: 33 CFR 175.25 says when a state has its own law requiring kids of a certain age to wear life jackets, that state rule applies on its waters instead of the federal under 13 rule.

Huh, didn't know that: Alcohol works the same way: a state's own boating blood alcohol limit replaces the federal .08 inside that state.

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Why did the life jacket go to law school? It wanted to know the rules of the water.
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Sources

  1. 33 CFR 175.25 Enforcement of State requirements for children to wear PFDs (eCFR) https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/section-175.25
  2. 33 CFR 95.025 Adoption of State blood alcohol concentration levels (eCFR) https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/section-95.025

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