§ 34:1052 — Employing pilot without a commission; liability of vessel, master, and owner

When a vessel, subject to the pilot charges prescribed in R.S. 34:1048, employs as a pilot a person who is not a commissioned New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilot, when such a pilot offers his services, the vessel, her captain and owners shall be liable for a civil penalty of and shall forfeit to the state of Louisiana the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, with privilege on the vessel, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction. An action for forfeiture under this Section may be brought by the attorney general of the state of Louisiana or by the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot Association. If a judgment is obtained hereunder, the court shall include in its judgment a reasonable attorney's fee as may be determined by the court.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1983, No. 331, §1.