Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:1053 – Employing a pilot without a commission; penalties
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:1053
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Pilot: means a New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot, as designated in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:1041
A. No master, owner, or agent of a vessel required to pay pilot charges under La. Rev. Stat. 34:1048 to a New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot shall, when such a pilot offers his services, employ as a pilot a person who is not a commissioned New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one thousand five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 331, §1.