Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:961.1 – Employing pilot without a state commission; penalties
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:961.1
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- pilot: means a Bar Pilot for the Port of New Orleans, as designated in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:941
A. No master, owner, or agent of a vessel required under La. Rev. Stat. 34:953 to take a state commissioned bar pilot shall, when a state commissioned bar pilot offers his services, employ as a pilot a person who is not a state commissioned bar 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.