Title 46 — Shipping
Part F · Chapter 93 — Great Lakes Pilotage
§ 9308. Penalties
Statutory text
An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel knowingly allowing the vessel to be operated in violation of section 9302 of this title is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of no more than $10,000 for each day during which the vessel is in violation. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.
An individual who directs the navigation of a vessel in violation of section 9302 of this title is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of no more than $10,000 for each day during which the violation occurs.
A person violating a regulation prescribed under section 9303 of this title is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of no more than $10,000.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 9308
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 560
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 560Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–380 title IV § 4108(b) · 104 Stat. 484
Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 9308(a)(c)
Pub. L. 101–380 substituted “no more than $10,000” for “$500”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 101–380 substituted “no more than $10,000” for “$500”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Penalties.— Section 9308 of title 46, United States Code, is amended in each of subsections (a), (b), and (c) by striking “$500” and inserting “no more than $10,000”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 9308 | 46:216e(a)–(c) |
Section 9308 prescribes the penalties for violations of sections 9302 and 9303.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1990—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 101–380 substituted “no more than $10,000” for “$500”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after , see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.
Credits
1983–1990 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 560; Pub. L. 101–380, title IV, § 4108(b), , 104 Stat. 515.)