Louisiana § RS 34:851.2 - Definitions

§ RS 34:851.2. Definitions

            As used in this Part unless the context requires a different meaning:

            (1) "Commission" means the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.

            (2) "Houseboat" means a vessel constructed for the primary purpose of a temporary or permanent dwelling without an effective means of propulsion for safe navigation.

            (3) "HP" means the manufacturer's rated horsepower.

            (4) "Motorboat" means any vessel equipped with or propelled by any type of machinery whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion but shall not include a vessel which has a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United States Government or any federal agency successor thereto, unless the vessel is a recreational use vessel.

            (5) "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or vessel.

            (6) "Owner" means a person, other than a lien holder, having a property interest in or title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

            (7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity.

            (8) "Prohibited zone" means an area paralleling each side of the entire length of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge and extending outward for a distance of one mile from both the most easterly and westerly outboard sides of the causeway bridge twin spans.

            (9) "Sailboat" means any watercraft propelled by sail or canvas. For the purpose of this Part, any watercraft propelled by both sail or canvas and machinery of any sort shall be deemed a motorboat when being so propelled.

            (10) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

            (11) "Vessel" means watercraft and air boats of every description, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

            (12) "Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designated for navigation on water.

            (13) "Waters of the state" means any waters within the territorial limits of this state and the marginal sea adjacent to this state and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to or from the shore of this state.

            Acts 1960, No. 43, §2; Amended by Acts 1975, No. 321, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1975; Acts 1984, No. 288, §1; Acts 1988, No. 552, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 2005, No. 133, §1, eff. June 22, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 35, §1; Acts 2009, No. 52, §1; Acts 2018, No. 628, §1.

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 552, §2.