No person may operate any motorboat or vessel or manipulate any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device in a wilfully or wantonly reckless or negligent manner that endangers the life, limb, or property of any person.
Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.094
RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION
Known as the Water Safety Act
The act spans §§ 31–31 (123 sections).
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.