Harbors and Ports: Related Laws
U.S.
- U.S. Code > Title 6 > Chapter 3 - Security and Accountability for Every Port
- U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 93 - Agreement On Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
- U.S. Code > Title 33 > Chapter 3 - Navigation Rules for Harbors, Rivers, and Inland Waters Generally
- U.S. Code > Title 33 > Chapter 9 > Subchapter III - New York Harbor, Harbor of Hampton Roads, and Harbor of Baltimore
- U.S. Code > Title 33 > Chapter 10 - Anchorage Grounds and Harbor Regulations Generally
Alabama
- Alabama Code > Title 33 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department
- Alabama Code > Title 33 > Chapter 3 - Harbor Masters
- Alabama Code > Title 33 > Chapter 9 - Ameraport Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal Compact
- Alabama Code > Title 33 > Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission
- Alabama Code > Title 33 > Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority
California
- California Codes > Government Code > Title 7.2 - San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
- California Codes > Government Code > Title 7.25 - San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Act
- California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code
- California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 20 > Chapter 8 - Ports
Connecticut
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 264a - Connecticut Port Authority
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 444a - Harbor Management Commissions
Florida
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
- Idaho Code > Title 70 > Chapter 11 - Port Districts — Formation — Annexation — Disincorporation
- Idaho Code > Title 70 > Chapter 12 - Port Districts — Election of Port Commissioners
- Idaho Code > Title 70 > Chapter 13 - Port Districts — Revision of Commissioner Districts
- Idaho Code > Title 70 > Chapter 14 - Port Districts — Commissions in General
- Idaho Code > Title 70 > Chapter 15 - Port Districts — Powers
Illinois
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 165 - Mid-America Port Commission Agreement Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 70 > Port
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 615 ILCS 65 - Lake Calumet Harbor Act
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 1 - Ports and Harbors
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 6 - Pilots
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 7 - Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 8 - Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 9 - Greater Ouachita Port Commission
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 21F - Coastal Facilities Improvement
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 102 - Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 103 - Pilots
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 216-B - Hampton Harbor Channel and Beach Erosion Control
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 216-C - Back Channels of Portsmouth Harbor
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
- Oregon Statutes 777.010 - Areas that may be included in port
- Oregon Statutes 777.050 - Operation and effect of proclamation; general corporate powers and capacity
- Oregon Statutes 777.065 - Development of port facilities at certain ports as state economic goal; state agencies to assist ports
- Oregon Statutes 777.080 - Application of special district election laws to ports
- Oregon Statutes 777.090 - Agreements between ports; allocation of expenses and revenues
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 46-4 - Harbors and Harbor Lines
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 46-5 - Construction of Port Facilities
South Carolina
- South Carolina Code > Title 54 > Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority
- South Carolina Code > Title 54 > Chapter 5 - Port and Terminal Utilities and Commissions in Cities
Tennessee
- Tennessee Code > Title 7 > Chapter 87 - Port Authority Act
- Tennessee Code > Title 64 > Chapter 4 - Tennessee River Four-County Port Authority Act
Texas
Utah
Virginia
- Virginia Code > Title 62.1 > Chapter 10 - Virginia Port Authority
- Virginia Code > Title 62.1 > Chapter 15 - Port Management Generally
- Virginia Code > Title 62.1 > Chapter 16 - Wharves, Docks, Piers and Bulkheads