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[CITE: 46USC5106]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                      Part C--Load Lines of Vessels
 
                         CHAPTER 51--LOAD LINES
 
Sec. 5106. Load line certificate

    (a) On finding that a load line survey of a vessel under this 
chapter is satisfactory and that the vessel's load lines are marked 
correctly, the Secretary shall issue the vessel a load line certificate 
and deliver it to the owner, master, or individual in charge of the 
vessel.
    (b) The certificate shall be maintained as required by the 
Secretary.

(Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1916.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 5106
    Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 86c.
    Section 5106(a) requires the Secretary to issue a load line 
certificate upon finding that a vessel has received a satisfactory load 
line survey and that the vessel's load line is marked correctly.
    Section 5106(b) requires that the load line certificate be 
maintained as required by the Secretary of Transportation. It is 
expected that the Secretary will require in most cases that the 
certificate be carried on board the vessel. However, certain types of 
vessels such as barges do not have facilities for the carriage of 
certificates. In this case, this provision would give the Secretary the 
discretion to require that the certificates for the barges be carried on 
the towing vessels.
