Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5523 – Identifying numbers
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5523
- 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
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means a written agreement for the construction of a ship. 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
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Purchaser: means the person for whom a ship is to be constructed pursuant to a contract. 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
- Shipyard: means the shipyard or place of business where a ship is to be constructed. 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
A. Every builder shall assign a hull number to each ship to be constructed by such builder.
B. The builder shall affix a plaque showing the name of the builder, the hull number, and the parish in which the ship is to be constructed, to the keel of the ship, if the ship has a keel, or to the bottom plates, if the ship does not have a keel, when laid, so as to be clearly visible at all times during the performance of the work and until the decking is laid. At such time as the decking is laid, the aforementioned plaque shall be removed and permanently affixed to the weather deck so as to be clearly visible at all times during continuance of the work and after completion.
C. The builder shall mark or stamp on all materials, title to which is in the purchaser, and all materials, title to which is in the builder and on which the builder has granted a mortgage pursuant to this Chapter, the hull number of the ship of which such materials will form a part, upon the delivery of such materials to the shipyard, or alternatively, maintain records which will identify with certainty all such materials with the hull number of the ship under construction.
D. The builder shall mark or stamp on all components, title to which is in the purchaser, and all components, title to which is in the builder and on which the builder has granted a mortgage pursuant to this Chapter, the hull number of the ship of which such components will form a part, upon commencement of the fabrication thereof, or alternatively, maintain records which will identify with certainty all such components with the hull number of the ship under construction.
E. Each contract shall state the hull number of the ship to be constructed pursuant to the contract.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 368, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 374, §2.