Lots of laws out there for airboats LOL
SUMTER COUNTY AIRBOAT LAWS:
Sec. 5-3. Airboats.
(a) In this section, "airboat" means any watercraft powered by an internal combustion engine and an above water propeller, fan or blade.
(b) The following regulations shall apply to the operation of airboats in the county:
(1) No person shall operate an airboat between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. except as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply from November 1 through January 31 of the subsequent year at which time the hours of operation shall be proscribed between 11:00 p.m. and one-half hour before sunrise the following day.
(3) The provisions of this section shall apply to the operation of airboats on Lake Okahumpka and all tributaries, canals, rivers, creeks and streams flowing into or out of Lake Okahumpka located with Sections 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, and 28 of Township 19 South, Range 23 East, Sumter County, Florida, and on Lake Panasoffkee, Florida, and on that portion of the Panasoffkee Outlet River from the mouth of Lake Panasoffkee to a point five hundred (500) yards downstream from the Outlet Park boat ramp, except that airboats shall be permitted to load and unload at the Outlet Park boat ramp with motors off and shall be allowed to idle to and from such boat ramp for purposes of ingress and egress only.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use at any time by a duly licensed and authorized official of the state, the United States government or the county properly operated in the line of duty, by duly authorized personnel.
(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any officially sanctioned gar gig, alligator hunt, or similar event which holds a special permit from the state game and freshwater fish commission, upon issuance by a special permit the board of county commissioners. Said permit shall set and limit number of airboats allowed, time and location of operation and such other terms and conditions as determined by the board as shall be necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the citizens and residents and other boaters of the county. Violation of any such permit shall result in its immediate termination. No such permit shall be issued unless notice of the application therefore is published at least one time in a newspaper of local circulation prior to the meeting at which the permit application will be considered.
(6) The term "airboat" as used in this Code shall mean any watercraft propelled by either a pusher-type or a tractor type propeller of any kind or nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, an aircraft propeller, which is not immersed in water while said watercraft is being operated.
(c) Public safety. No person shall operate an airboat in such a manner as to direct the propeller blast in the direction of any person, building, dock, swimming area or other boats.
(d) Shining of lights regulated. No person shall shine or allow to be shined a light at any residence or building from any airboat or any other watercraft.
SUMTER COUNTY AIRBOAT LAWS:
Sec. 5-3. Airboats.
(a) In this section, "airboat" means any watercraft powered by an internal combustion engine and an above water propeller, fan or blade.
(b) The following regulations shall apply to the operation of airboats in the county:
(1) No person shall operate an airboat between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. except as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply from November 1 through January 31 of the subsequent year at which time the hours of operation shall be proscribed between 11:00 p.m. and one-half hour before sunrise the following day.
(3) The provisions of this section shall apply to the operation of airboats on Lake Okahumpka and all tributaries, canals, rivers, creeks and streams flowing into or out of Lake Okahumpka located with Sections 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, and 28 of Township 19 South, Range 23 East, Sumter County, Florida, and on Lake Panasoffkee, Florida, and on that portion of the Panasoffkee Outlet River from the mouth of Lake Panasoffkee to a point five hundred (500) yards downstream from the Outlet Park boat ramp, except that airboats shall be permitted to load and unload at the Outlet Park boat ramp with motors off and shall be allowed to idle to and from such boat ramp for purposes of ingress and egress only.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use at any time by a duly licensed and authorized official of the state, the United States government or the county properly operated in the line of duty, by duly authorized personnel.
(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any officially sanctioned gar gig, alligator hunt, or similar event which holds a special permit from the state game and freshwater fish commission, upon issuance by a special permit the board of county commissioners. Said permit shall set and limit number of airboats allowed, time and location of operation and such other terms and conditions as determined by the board as shall be necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the citizens and residents and other boaters of the county. Violation of any such permit shall result in its immediate termination. No such permit shall be issued unless notice of the application therefore is published at least one time in a newspaper of local circulation prior to the meeting at which the permit application will be considered.
(6) The term "airboat" as used in this Code shall mean any watercraft propelled by either a pusher-type or a tractor type propeller of any kind or nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, an aircraft propeller, which is not immersed in water while said watercraft is being operated.
(c) Public safety. No person shall operate an airboat in such a manner as to direct the propeller blast in the direction of any person, building, dock, swimming area or other boats.
(d) Shining of lights regulated. No person shall shine or allow to be shined a light at any residence or building from any airboat or any other watercraft.