California

Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC

1,333 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 21 — “Vessel” includes ships of all kinds, steamboats, steamships, canal boats, barges, sailing vessels, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandis
• § 22 — “Steam vessel” means any vessel which is propelled by machinery.
• § 23 — “Wharf” includes pier, quay, or landing.
• § 24 — “Goods” includes wares or merchandise.
• § 240 — The provisions of this Division, in so far as they are not in conflict with the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction and laws of the United States, apply to navigation on the navigable waters of the Un
• § 25 — If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstan
• § 250 — When steam vessels meet each shall turn to the right, so as to pass without interference.
• § 251 — When a passenger is to be landed from a steam vessel by means of a small boat, he shall not be permitted to get into it until it is completely afloat and wholly disengaged from the steam vessel except
• § 252 — No line used for the purpose of landing or receiving passengers may be attached in any way to the machinery of any steam vessel nor may the small boat used for such purpose be hauled in by means of su
• § 253 — During the landing and receiving of a passenger, and the going and returning of the small boat for the purpose, the engine shall be stopped, and may not be put in motion, except to give sufficient for
• § 254 — There shall be kept in every small boat a good and suitable pair of oars.
• § 255 — A steam vessel going in the same direction as a steam vessel ahead of it shall not approach or pass within the distance of ten yards; and the steam vessel ahead shall not be so navigated as unnecessar
• § 256 — When any steam vessel is running in the night-time the master shall cause to be shown two conspicuous lights, one exposed near the bow and the other near the stern, the latter to be at least twenty fe
• § 257 — Every person in charge of a steam vessel who violates any of the provisions of the preceding seven sections, incurs a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for each offense.
• § 258 — The person in charge of any vessel at anchor in the night-time in any of the harbors or ports within the jurisdiction of this state, who fails to cause a conspicuous light to be shown in the rigging a
• § 259 — Neither the master nor the owner of any vesel can recover damages for injuries to the vessel or to himself resulting from a collision growing out of a failure to comply with the provisions of the prec
• § 260 — Every raft of timber floated on the Sacramento or San Joaquin rivers at night which fails to show two red lights, one at each end, and at least ten feet above the upper logs or plank, incurs a penalty
• § 261 — Every steam vessel navigating any waters of this State and carrying passengers, shall be equipped with boats as follows: (a) If of five hundred tons measurement, one first-class life-boat and one row-
• § 262 — Every master or owner, and each of them, of any vessel not provided with boats as required by this chapter, incurs a penalty of not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
• § 263 — Every person in charge of a steam vessel navigating any of the waters of this State which is used for the conveyance of passengers, and every person in charge of the boiler or other apparatus for the
• § 264 — (a) A captain or other person having charge of any steam vessel used for the conveyance of passengers, or of its boilers and engines, who, from ignorance or gross neglect, or for the purpose of excell
• § 265 — The owners of every steam vessel are responsible for the good conduct of the master or other person in charge employed by them, and they are jointly and severally liable as sureties for any penalty es
• § 266 — The penalties established by this chapter may be recovered by the district attorney of any county bordering on the water where the offense was committed or the penalty incurred, to whom notice is firs
• § 268 — (a) Counties or cities may adopt restrictions concerning the navigation and operation of vessels and water skis, aquaplanes, or similar devices subject to the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section
• § 280 — The provisions of this article in addition to the provisions of other parts of this code which relate to navigation shall be observed by vessels when they meet.
• § 281 — Whenever any vessel, whether a steam vessel or sailing vessel, proceeding in one direction, meets another vessel, whether a steam vessel or sailing vessel, proceeding in the opposite direction, so tha
• § 282 — Sailing vessels, having the wind fair, shall give way to those on a wind.
• § 283 — A steam vessel navigating a narrow channel shall, whenever it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on its starboard side, and a steam vessel when passing
• § 284 — When steam vessels will inevitably or necessarily cross so near that by continuing their respective courses, there would be a risk of collision, each shall give right rudder, so as always to pass on t
• § 285 — The rules of this article do not apply to any case for which a different rule is provided by the regulations concerning lights upon steam vessels, or for the government of pilots of steam vessels appr
• § 290 — If a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner of the vessel by which the rule is infringed can not recover compensation for damages sustained by t
• § 291 — Damage to person or property arising from the failure of a vessel to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, shall be deemed to have been occasioned by the wilful default of the person in charg
• § 292 — Losses caused by collision are to be borne as follows: (a) If either party was exclusively in fault he shall bear his own loss, and he shall compensate the other for any loss he has sustained.
• § 293 — Where damage arises out of, or is caused directly and proximately by, the acts of an owner or operator, without the interposition of any external or independent agency which could not reasonably be fo
• § 294 — (a) Any person responsible for natural gas, oil, drilling waste, or exploration, as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (g), shall be absolutely liable without regard to fault for any damages incu
• § 3 — All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code, continue to hold them according to their for
• § 30 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 30.5 — Whenever the term “Business, Transportation and Housing Agency” appears within the Harbors and Navigation Code, it shall refer to the Transportation Agency, and whenever the term “Secretary of Busines
• § 300 — A person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, injures, sinks, or sets adrift a vessel of less than ten gross tons that is the property of another is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 301 — A person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, or injures a vessel of ten gross tons and upwards that is the property of another is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 302 — A person who willfully and maliciously sinks or sets adrift a vessel of ten gross tons and upwards that is the property of another is guilty of a felony.
• § 303 — A person who willfully and maliciously burns, injures, or destroys any part of, or the whole of, a pile or raft of wood, plank, boards, or other lumber, or cuts loose or sets adrift the raft or part o
• § 304 — A person in command or charge of a vessel, who, within this state, willfully wrecks, sinks, or otherwise injures or destroys it or any of its cargo, or willfully permits the same to be wrecked, sunk,
• § 305 — A person, other than one described in Section 304 who is guilty of any act specified in that section is guilty of a felony.
• § 306 — A person who prepares, makes, or subscribes a false or fraudulent manifest, invoice, bill of lading, ship’s register, or protest, with intent to defraud another, is guilty of a felony.
• § 307 — (a) A person who moors a vessel to, or hangs on with a vessel to, a buoy or beacon, except a designated mooring buoy, is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred doll
• § 308 — A person who moors a vessel of any kind, to a buoy or beacon, except a designated mooring buoy, placed in the waters of the state by authority of the United States Coast Guard, or who in any manner ha
• § 309 — A person found guilty of a misdemeanor violation as provided in this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six
• § 310 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person found guilty of a felony violation as provided in this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonm
• § 32 — “Department” or “Division” means the Division of Boating and Waterways in the Department of Parks and Recreation.
• § 33 — “Director” or “deputy director” means the Deputy Director of Boating and Waterways.
• § 34 — “Harbor” means a portion of the ocean or inland waters within the jurisdiction of this state either naturally or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels, including the artific
• § 35 — “Channel” means any waterway now navigable in fact by vessels or artificially improved or created so as to be navigable by vessels, including the structures and facilities created to facilitate naviga
• § 36 — “Navigable waters” means waters which come under the jurisdiction of the United States Corps of Engineers and any other waters within the state with the exception of those privately owned.
• § 38 — The adoption, repeal, amendment, or modification of any rules and regulations pursuant to this division shall be made in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 39 — Any construction or development authorized by this division that also constitutes a project within the definition of Section 10105 of the Public Contract Code, when performed by the state, shall be su
• § 3900 — This part may be cited as the Harbor Development Bond Law of 1958.
• § 3901 — As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Harbor Improvement Bond Committee.
• § 3902 — The following funds are created in the State Treasury for the purposes of this part: (a) Harbor Bond Sinking Fund.
• § 3903 — There is in the State Government the Harbor Improvement Bond Committee.
• § 3904 — The members of the committee shall not receive additional compensation for their services under this part.
• § 3905 — For the purpose of creating funds to provide for the construction, improvement and development of harbors in this State as provided in this part, the Harbor Improvement Bond Committee is authorized an
• § 3906 — After adoption of any resolution by the committee, provided for in Section 3907, the State Treasurer shall arrange for the preparation of the requisite number of suitable bonds in accordance with the
• § 3907 — Whenever the authority pursuant to Section 3940 or the commission pursuant to Section 3950 determines by resolution that a bond issue under this part is necessary or desirable in order to make any of
• § 3908 — The aggregate par value of all bonds issued under this part at the instance of the authority shall not exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) and the aggregate par value of all bonds issued under
• § 3909 — All bonds issued under this part shall bear the facsimile signature of the Governor and the facsimile countersignature of the Controller and shall be endorsed by the State Treasurer by facsimile signa
• § 3910 — All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full f
• § 3911 — In determining the dates of maturity of the bonds, and the amount thereof to mature at each date of maturity, the committee shall be guided, so far as it may deem to be practicable, by the amounts of
• § 3912 — The rate of interest to be borne by the bonds need not be uniform for all bonds of the same issue, series or division and shall be the rate or rates fixed and determined by the committee in a resoluti
• § 3913 — Both principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, at the Office of the State Treasurer, or at the office of any duly authorized fiscal agent of the Sta
• § 3914 — Each bond shall contain a reference to this part and if subject to call or redemption prior to maturity, a recital to that effect.
• § 3915 — The bonds authorized to be issued under this part shall be sold by the State Treasurer to the highest bidder for cash, either at public auction or upon sealed bids as the committee may by resolution d
• § 3916 — Due notice of the time and place of sale of all bonds shall be given by the State Treasurer by publication in one newspaper published in the City and County of San Francisco and also by publication in
• § 3916.5 — The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to be used as a revolving fund to pay the expenses incurred by the State Treasurer in having the bonds
• § 3917 — The committee may provide for the issuance, sale or exchange of refunding bonds out of the bonds issued under this part for the purpose of redeeming or retiring any bond issued by the committee if, un
• § 3918 — For the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds the Harbor Bond Sinking Fund shall consist of the following: (a) Payments from any available moneys in the San Francisco Harbor Improvement F
• § 3918.5 — (a) A separate account shall be established in the Harbor Bond Sinking Fund, in which shall be deposited all money paid into such fund from the San Francisco Harbor Improvement Fund.
• § 3919 — The State Treasurer shall on Controller’s warrants duly drawn for that purpose, invest the moneys in the Harbor Bond Sinking Fund in the purchase of the bonds of the United States, or of the State of
• § 3919.3 — The authority is authorized with the approval of the Department of Finance, to invest any surplus moneys in the Fifth San Francisco Seawall Fund in bonds or other obligations of the United States, or
• § 3920 — Whenever the committee deems that it will increase the salability or the price of the bonds to obtain, prior to or after sale, a legal opinion, other than that of the Attorney General, as to the valid
• § 3921 — The State Treasurer directly or through a state fiscal agent, or agents, shall, on the respective dates of maturity of all bonds, or on the date fixed for the prior redemption of any thereof which may
• § 3922 — Upon the payment of any such bond or coupon, the State Treasurer, or such state fiscal agent, or agents, shall perforate the same with a suitable device in a manner to indicate such payment and a reco
• § 3923 — The State Treasurer, or such state fiscal agent, or agents, with the approval of the State Treasurer, may destroy or cremate any or all bonds and any or all coupons pertaining thereto which have been
• § 3924 — It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to pay the interest of said bonds, when the same falls due, out of the moneys provided for in this part, on Controller’s warrants duly drawn for that purpos
• § 3925 — All bonds issued under this part and sold shall be deemed to have been called in at their respective dates of maturity and the State Treasurer shall, on the respective dates of maturity of said bonds,
• § 3926 — Whenever the committee shall determine that any bonds then outstanding, and which by their terms are subject to redemption prior to maturity, should be redeemed, and that money sufficient for such red
• § 3927 — The State Controller and the State Treasurer shall keep full and particular account and record of all their proceedings under this part, and they shall transmit to the Governor an abstract of all such
• § 3928 — All money remaining in the account of the Harbor Bond Sinking Fund, established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3918.
• § 3940 — Whenever the authority determines by resolution that it is necessary or desirable to obtain funds through the sale of bonds as provided for in this part to provide for the improvement of San Francisco
• § 3941 — The authority may make improvements or purchases specified in Section 3940 and expend from the Fifth San Francisco Seawall Fund, in the manner authorized by law, any and all funds therein, derived fro
• § 3942 — The authority shall make payments from the San Francisco Harbor Improvement Fund to the Harbor Bond Sinking Fund as required under Section 3918.
• § 3950 — Whenever the commission determines by resolution that it is necessary or desirable to obtain funds through the sale of bonds as provided for in this part to provide loans to cities, cities and countie
• § 3951 — The commission may expend from the Small Craft Harbor Bond Fund in the manner authorized by law any and all funds therein derived from the sale of bonds as provided in this part for the purposes speci
• § 3952 — All money received by the commission in repayment of the principal and interest of any loan made from funds secured under this part shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Small Cra
• § 3953 — The commission shall make payments from the Small Craft Harbor Improvement Fund to the Harbor Bond Sinking Fund as required under Section 3918.
• § 3980 — Local, regional, and statewide agencies responsible for emergency preparation and response activities shall work with all harbor agencies, as defined in Section 1694, within their jurisdiction, to ens
• § 399 — The provisions of this Division shall not be construed to apply to the extent to which they are not within the legislative power of this state, except in so far as they may be permitted to apply under
• § 4 — Any action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and any right accrued, is not affected by this code, but all procedure taken shall conform to the provisions of this code as far as po
• § 40 — Facilities in harbors and connecting waterways established under the provisions of this division shall be open to all on equal and reasonable terms; provided that the department may authorize construc
• § 400 — “Appurtenances” include all things belonging to the owners, which are on board a vessel, and which are connected with its proper use and the objects of the voyage and adventure in which it is engaged.
• § 4000 — The board of supervisors of any county may, upon approval of the Public Utilities Commission, grant authority to any person to construct a wharf, chute, or pier, on any lands bordering on any navigabl
• § 4001 — The board of supervisors of each county may upon approval of the Department of Finance through the Chief of the Division of State Lands, grant authority to any city, county or person, to construct a w
• § 4002 — Application for such authority is made by publishing notice as required in the next section, and by filing a petition in writing, containing: (a) The name and residence of the applicant; and if a corp
• § 4003 — Each applicant shall publish a notice in at least one newspaper in each county which the wharf or chute touches, and in which it is located or which it will touch or in which it will be located.
• § 4004 — When any lands sought to be appropriated and used for a wharf or chute are not owned by the applicant or if a right of way and use has not been obtained by agreement, these facts and the particular de
• § 4005 — If the owner of the land is a nonresident of the county, the sheriff may make service by leaving a copy of the notice of application with the occupant, or agent of the owner.
• § 4006 — On the day named in the notice, or to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear proof of the publication and service of notice.
• § 4007 — The grant conveys to the grantee or applicant the right of way and all necessary use, for the purposes of the wharf or chute, of any of the overflowed, submerged, or tidelands belonging to the State,
• § 4008 — The grant carries with it the right to have unencumbered and unobstructed the land and water on each side of the wharf or chute from high-water mark to navigable water, for a distance of one hundred a
• § 4009 — After authority to construct a wharf or chute has been granted, until the grantee has procured from the owner the right-of-way and other necessary incidental uses of any lands necessary for the wharf
• § 401 — Vessels are engaged in foreign or domestic navigation, or in the fisheries.
• § 4010 — The wharf or chute shall not be of a greater width than seventy-five feet, and it may extend to navigable water.
• § 4011 — The orders granting authority, and agreements, contracts, deeds, and decrees of courts granting the right of way and other use of lands, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of th
• § 4012 — The board shall annually fix the rate of tolls or wharfage for the use of the wharf or chute, to produce an income of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five per cent per annum on the fair cas
• § 4013 — When the wharf or chute is completed and the tolls or wharfage fixed, the owner is entitled to a license to take tolls for the term of one year.
• § 4014 — An owner or keeper of a wharf or chute who takes toll or wharfage for its use forfeits the sum of twenty-five dollars, and is liable for all damage occasioned, if he fails to keep it in good repair, o
• § 4015 — Authority shall not be granted under this chapter which will interfere with vested rights, or interfere with or infringe grants made by State authority.
• § 4016 — The lands of the State situated in the city of San Francisco, and those otherwise disposed of or situated within the limits of any incorporated town or city of this State, are excluded from the provis
• § 4017 — A board of supervisors of a county may grant any railroad corporation authority to construct a wharf on or in front of any lands owned by it bordering on any navigable bay, inlet, lake, creek, slough
• § 402 — A vessel in a port of the country in which it is registered is called a domestic vessel, in another port it is called a foreign vessel.
• § 403 — If a vessel belongs to several persons, not partners, and they differ as to its use or repair, the controversy may be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 404 — If the owner of a vessel commits its possession and navigation to another, that other, and not the owner, is responsible for its repairs and supplies.
• § 4040 — In any county of this State in which there exists any harbor, bay, inlet, or other arm of the sea, the board of supervisors, upon receiving a petition signed by persons who are both freeholders and el
• § 4041 — The harbor commission shall consist of five members, each of whom, at the time of his appointment, is and has been for two years a bona fide resident, elector, and freeholder of the county.
• § 4042 — (a) Each commissioner shall, within 20 days after receiving notice of appointment, qualify by taking and subscribing the constitutional oath of office, and by executing and filing with the clerk of th
• § 4043 — Each member of the commission shall receive five dollars for each day actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of his duties under this chapter, together with his necessary traveling expenses t
• § 4044 — When a harbor commission appointed under the provisions of this chapter ceases to exist another harbor commission may thereafter be created by the board without requiring an additional petition, and t
• § 4045 — If, after a careful survey, investigation and examination, the commission reports to the board of supervisors that the improvement, development or protection of the harbor is not practicable, or would
• § 4046 — When any improvement, development or protection of a bay, inlet, or other arm of the sea, commenced under this chapter is accomplished, and if the board continues the commission in existence, or if it
• § 4047 — The commission may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, appoint and fix the compensation of a clerk, and his necessary office assistants, and it may also employ and appoint an engineer or e
• § 4048 — Whenever the commission ceases to exist, it shall make a final report to the board and file all books, records and papers appurtenant to the commission and to all work done by it with the board, and,
• § 4049 — This chapter does not apply to any harbor, bay, inlet, or other arm of the sea, or any portion thereof, maintained or operated by the State or any municipality or to any harbor, bay, inlet, or other a
• § 405 — The registry, enrollment, and license of vessels are regulated by acts of Congress.
• § 406 — Any and all rights and obligations created pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 450) of this division are subordinate to any superseding federal law.
• § 4060 — With all diligence, the commission shall: (a) Proceed to cause proper surveys to be made of any harbor intended to be improved, developed or protected.
• § 4061 — If the commission, after a careful survey, investigation and examination, finds and reports to the board that the improvement, development or protection of the harbor is not practicable, or that it wo
• § 4062 — The board shall then fix a date for hearing the report which is not more than thirty nor less than twenty days after the filing, and it shall cause notice of the fact that the report has been filed, a
• § 4063 — If the plans and specifications and report are finally approved by the board, it shall adopt a resolution to that effect.
• § 4064 — The board shall without delay call an election to determine whether the bonds of the county shall be issued and sold in the amount estimated by the commission in its report and set forth in the resolu
• § 4065 — The election shall be conducted, and the bonds issued and sold and paid for, pursuant to the law concerning the issuance, sale and payment of county bonds, and all proceedings had in regard to the bon
• § 4066 — Every election held for the purpose of submitting the question of the issuance and sale of bonds, authorized by this chapter, shall be a special election and no question other than propositions relati
• § 4067 — For the holding of the special election the board may form bond election precincts by adopting the precincts established for general election purposes, or by consolidating such precincts inside of inc
• § 4068 — It is sufficient to set forth the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued and sold, to state that they are for the improvement, development or protection of ____ harbor, naming the harbor by the
• § 4080 — Whenever funds necessary for any improvement, development, or protection for which bonds have been voted, are in the county treasury, the commission shall carry into effect the improvement, developmen
• § 4081 — The improvement, development, or protection of any harbor, and all work, labor, or service employed therein, shall be under the control and management of the commission.
• § 4086 — The board may at any time require from the commissioners a report of the progress of any work and of the condition of the harbor being improved, developed or protected, and such other information as t
• § 410 — As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Customer” means any person who requests a repairperson to do work on a vessel which is in the possession of that person.
• § 4100 — All bonds sold for any purpose contemplated by this chapter shall be sold for not less than their par value and accrued interest.
• § 4101 — Prior to the voting of bonds, the board may in all work under this chapter, incur, permit to accrue, audit, approve and pay any demand, debt or obligation against the county in a sum not to exceed fiv
• § 4102 — Upon a showing of necessity by the commission, the board may, by a four-fifths vote, permit the expenditure of an additional five thousand dollars.
• § 4103 — All money shall be paid out of the general fund of the county until there is money in the harbor fund sufficient to reimburse the general fund of the county, when it shall be reimbursed, and thereafte
• § 4104 — The board, on recommendation of the commission, may use any and all moneys in the harbor fund in conjunction with the State or Federal Government, in any harbor improvement, development or protection
• § 4105 — The commission shall, once in each six months, make out and verify under oath, and file with the board, a detailed statement of its proceedings, showing: (a) The amount of money in the harbor fund at
• § 411 — This article applies only to work done on a vessel with an estimated cost of one hundred dollars ($100) or more.
• § 412 — Notwithstanding Section 502, a repairperson has no lien on a vessel under this article for compensation for services rendered to the vessel, unless the repairperson has complied with this article.
• § 4120 — Whenever the improvement, development or protection of any such harbor, bay, inlet or other arm of the sea is completed and the commission created under this chapter ceases to exist, then the manageme
• § 4121 — The board of supervisors in which the control and management of any harbor, bay, inlet or other arm of the sea is vested, as provided in this chapter, may appoint, define the duties of, and pay, all o
• § 4122 — The board of supervisors of any county in which the control and management of any harbor, bay, inlet or other arm of the sea has vested, as provided for in this chapter, may establish and collect all
• § 413 — No repairperson shall commence work for compensation without specific authorization from the customer or his or her agent in accordance with all of the following requirements: (a) The repairperson sha
• § 4130 — “Harbor,” as used in this article, includes any bay, inlet, or other arm of the sea in which the tides of the Pacific Ocean ebb and flow, except such as are excluded from the application of this chapt
• § 4131 — Any county may improve, develop, protect, and maintain one or more or all of the harbors within its boundaries, upon the conditions, in accordance with the procedure, and in the manner provided in thi
• § 4132 — Upon receiving a petition signed by persons who are both freeholders and electors in the county, equal in number to at least 15 per cent of the vote cast for the office of Governor at the last precedi
• § 4133 — With all diligence, the harbor commission shall proceed with surveys of the harbor or harbors intended to be improved, developed, or protected, the preparation of plans therefor and estimates of cost
• § 4134 — Upon receiving the report and recommendations of the Harbor Commission, the board of supervisors shall consider and determine the feasibility of the project or projects submitted, may call upon the co
• § 4135 — For such a purpose, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by applicable provisions of law, including Sections 4
• § 4136 — Any tax for such a purpose may be levied only if a proposal therefor (specifying the purpose, the rate of tax, and the number of years for which the tax is to be levied) is submitted to the qualified
• § 4137 — The work of improving, developing, or protecting the harbor, whether the moneys therefor are the proceeds of the sale of bonds of the county or of a tax levy, shall be done under the control and manag
• § 4138 — When the improvement, development, or protection of a particular harbor is completed, and the board of supervisors so find and determine, the management and control of that harbor vests in the board o
• § 4139 — In managing and controlling a harbor, the board of supervisors has authority, upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe, to grant franchises, permits and leases for the use of lands
• § 414 — Any repairperson who gives an original estimate in good faith, shall not be obligated to complete a job within the quoted or written estimated price if additional, unforeseen work is necessary to comp
• § 4140 — In any year a tax may be levied for the maintenance of the harbor or harbors in the county at a rate calculated to raise a sum of money equal to the amount of the excess, if any, of the amount of the
• § 415 — All work done by a repairperson, including all warranty work, shall be recorded on an invoice and shall describe all work done and parts supplied.
• § 4150 — The board of supervisors of each county may, when public convenience for the purpose of commerce requires it, cause to be located and opened a towpath, not exceeding ten feet in width, along the banks
• § 4151 — In order to locate and open a towpath, the same proceedings shall be taken as are required by law to be taken in the respective counties of this State for the purpose of locating and opening public hi
• § 4152 — The owner of any land over which a towpath is located and opened shall not be deprived of the water frontage.
• § 4153 — It is not necessary to construct or maintain fences on either side of any towpath, but the board of supervisors may make all necessary regulations for the government and management of towpaths, and ma
• § 416 — The invoice shall show the repairperson’s business name and address.
• § 4160 — The board of supervisors of any county in which there is a port of entry or harbor, for which there is not otherwise provided quarantine regulations, may by an ordinance adopt the whole or any part of
• § 417 — Notwithstanding Section 413, upon authorization from the customer as to a specific job, a repairperson may work on a vessel on a time and materials basis.
• § 418 — (a) This article does not apply to a vessel in distress which is in need of immediate work critical to its preservation and safety, for which consent cannot expeditiously be obtained.
• § 420 — A marine carrier is liable in like manner as an inland carrier, except for loss or injury caused by the perils of the sea or fire.
• § 421 — The liability of a common carrier by sea is further regulated by acts of Congress.
• § 422 — Perils of the sea are: (a) Storms and waves.
• § 423 — A marine carrier shall not stow freight upon deck during the voyage, except where it is usual so to do, nor make any improper deviation from or delay in the voyage, nor do any other unnecessary act wh
• § 424 — The owner of a vessel is bound to pay to the owner of her cargo the market value, at the time of arrival of the ship at the port of her destination, of that portion of her cargo which has been sold to
• § 425 — A carrier by water may, when in case of extreme peril it is necessary for the safety of the vessel or cargo, throw overboard, or otherwise sacrifice, any or all of the cargo or appurtenances of the ve
• § 426 — So far as possible, a jettison shall begin with the most bulky and least valuable articles.
• § 427 — A jettison can be made only by authority of the master of a vessel, except in case of his disability, or of an overruling necessity, when it may be made by any other person.
• § 428 — The loss incurred by a jettison, when lawfully made, shall be borne in due proportion by all that part of the vessel, appurtenances, freightage, and cargo for the benefit of which the sacrifice is mad
• § 429 — The proportions in which a general average loss is to be borne shall be ascertained by an adjustment, in which the owner of each separate interest shall be charged with that proportion of the value of
• § 430 — In estimating values for the purpose of a general average, the vessel and appurtenances shall be valued as at the end of the voyage, the freightage at one-half the amount due on delivery, and the carg
• § 431 — The owner of things stowed on deck, in case of their jettison, is entitled to the benefit of a general average contribution only if it is usual to stow such things on deck upon such a voyage.
• § 432 — The law concerning jettison and general average is equally applicable to every other voluntary sacrifice of property on a vessel, or to an expense necessarily incurred, for the preservation of the ves
• § 440 — Pilots holding valid licenses for San Pedro Bay and its approaches and tributaries, their associations, employers, and others providing piloting services in San Pedro Bay are authorized to limit liabi
• § 441 — The rates and charges for pilotage services do not include insurance covering the vessel or its owners, agents, charterers, or operators from the consequences of negligence of the pilot supplying the
• § 442 — Upon reasonable notice from the owners, agents, charterers, or operators, a pilot shall provide insurance covering the vessel, its owners, agents, charterers, or operators from the consequences of neg
• § 443 — The election of the owners, agents, charterers, or operators to use a pilot through whom trip insurance could have been obtained shall constitute a binding and irrevocable agreement on the part of the
• § 444 — It shall be understood and agreed, and shall be the essence of an agreement under which services of the pilot are tendered to and are accepted by owners, agents, charterers, or operators, as follows:
• § 445 — (a) The Marine Exchange of Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Inc.
• § 445.5 — “Covered vessel,” as used in this article, means any of the following: (a) Every power-driven vessel of 40 meters (approximately 131 feet) or more in length, while navigating.