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B. A person's refusal to submit to a test or tests pursuant to EMC 12.02.130 constitutes a class 1 civil infraction under RCW 7.80.120. Section 4: Section 1 (part)of Ordinance No. 1246-86 is amended by the addition of the following section: Vessels for hire—Requirements. A.No person who has vessels for hire, or the agent or employee thereof, shall rent, lease, charter, or otherwise permit the use of a vessel, unless the person: 1. Displays the vessel registration numbers and a valid decal on the vessel hull as required by EMC 12.02.175; 2. Keeps a copy of the vessel registration certificate aboard the vessel, in compliance with RCW 88.02.340; 3. Displays a carbon monoxide decal on the vessel as required by RCW 88.02.390(2) if the vessel is motor-driven and is not a personal watercraft; 4. Provides a copy of the rental agreement to be kept aboard during the rental, lease, charter, or use period for vessels required under chapter 88.02 RCW to be registered; 5. Ensures that the vessel, if motor-propelled, meets the muffler or underwater exhaust system requirement in RCW 79A.60.130; 6. Outfits the vessel with the quantity and type of personal flotation devices required by EMC 12.02.020 for the number and ages of the people who will use the vessel; 7. Explains the personal flotation device requirements to the person renting, leasing, chartering, or otherwise using the vessel; 8. Equips the vessel with a skier-down flag, and explains observer and personal flotation requirements of EMC 12.02.020, if the persons renting, leasing, chartering, or otherwise using the vessel will be waterskiing; Section 5: General duty. It is expressly the purpose of this ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this ordinance. It is the specific intent of this ordinance that no provision nor any term used in this ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the city or any of its officers or employees. Nothing contained in this ordinance is intended nor shall be construed to create or form the basis of any liability on the part of the city, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from any action or inaction on the part of the city related in any manner to the enforcement of this ordinance by its officers, employees or agents. Section 6: Savings. The enactment of this ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal or other matter currently pending in any court or before the City or in any way modify any obligation, right or liability, civil or criminal, which may exist by virtue of any of the ordinances herein amended. Section 7: Severability. Page 4