5. The division shall make and promulgate rules and regulations concerning the numbering system to be used, which system shall conform as near as possible with any over-all system of identification numbering for vessels which is being used by the United States Government or its agencies. Such rules and regulations shall go into effect immediately upon promulgation.

L.1962,c.73,s.5; amended 1980,c.97,s.4; 1995,c.401,s.22.