Employing pilot without a state commission; penalties

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RS 1002.1 - Employing pilot without a state commission; penalties

A. No master, owner, or agent of a vessel required under this Subpart to take a state commissioned river port pilot shall perform the duties of a river port pilot nor employ a person who is not a state commissioned river port 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; Acts 1986, No. 960, §1.


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