Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5531 – Failure to affix hull number; removal of hull number; penalty
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5531
- Builder: means the person undertaking or contracting to build a ship pursuant to a contract or otherwise. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5522
- Components: means all parts and components of a ship which are fabricated by the builder for use in the construction of the ship, which will, when so used, form a part of the ship and the fabrication of which is commenced at the shipyard. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5522
- Hull Number: means the number assigned to a ship by the builder. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5522
- Materials: means all materials (other than piping, cables, fittings, and other materials taken out of builder's stock), all items of machinery, and all items of equipment (other than equipment taken out of builder's stock) which are purchased or acquired for use in the construction of the ship, which will, when so used, form a part of the ship and which have been delivered to the shipyard. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5522
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, trust, partnership, joint venture, or other organization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5522
- Ship: means a tug, pushboat, pullboat, barge, dredge, or other vessel or watercraft of more than fifty tons gross weight to be constructed within the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5522
- Work: means in the case of a ship having a keel, the keel, and in the case of a ship not having a keel, the bottom plates, and all materials, machinery, equipment, components, and fabrications forming a part of the ship when permanently installed in place. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5522
If the builder shall fail to affix a plaque or to mark or stamp any materials or components, or fail to maintain records as an alternative to marking or stamping any materials or components, as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 9:5523, or if any person removes, other than for the purpose of repair of the ship, obliterates or defaces, or having removed for the purpose of repair of the ship fails to promptly replace a plaque affixed as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 9:5523, or if any person removes, obliterates or defaces the hull number marked or stamped on any materials or components as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 9:5523, prior to the time such materials are incorporated into the work or the components or the components are incorporated into the work, as the case may be, he shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 368, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 374, §3.