2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part C - Load Lines of Vessels (§§ 5101 - 5116)
Chapter 51 - LOAD LINES (§§ 5101 - 5116)
Section 5103 - Load line requirements
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part C - Load Lines of Vessels CHAPTER 51 - LOAD LINES Sec. 5103 - Load line requirements |
| Contains | section 5103 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 99-509, title V, §5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1915; Pub. L. 111-281, title VI, §604(d)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2965; Pub. L. 112-213, title III, §305(d)(2), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1565. |
| Statutes at Large References | 100 Stat. 1915 124 Stat. 2965 126 Stat. 1565 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 99-509, Public Law 111-281, Public Law 112-213 |
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(a) A vessel may be operated only if the vessel has been assigned load lines.
(b) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel shall mark and maintain the load lines permanently and conspicuously in the way prescribed by the Secretary.
(c) A fishing vessel built on or before July 1, 2013, that undergoes a major conversion completed after the later of July 1, 2013, or the date the Secretary establishes standards for an alternate loadline compliance program, shall comply with such an alternative loadline compliance program that is developed in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry and prescribed by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, §5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1915; Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, §604(d)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2965; Pub. L. 112–213, title III, §305(d)(2), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1565.)
Historical and Revision Notes Revised section 5103Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 86c, 88b.
Section 5103(a) prohibits a vessel that is subject to load line requirements from operating, unless it has load lines assigned by the Secretary.
Section 5103(b) requires that load lines be permanently and conspicuously maintained in the manner prescribed by the Secretary.
Amendments2012—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–213 substituted “July 1, 2013,” for “July 1, 2012,” in two places and substituted “major conversion” for “substantial change to the dimension of or type of the vessel”.
2010—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–281 added subsec. (c).
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