46-U.S.C.-44102
§44102 – Financial Responsibility to Indemnify Passengers For Nonperformance of Transportation
Pathway
Title 46 > Subtitle IV > Part C > Chapter 441 > Section 44102
Details
- Reference: Section 44102
- Legend: §44102 – Financial Responsibility to Indemnify Passengers For Nonperformance of Transportation
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Filing Requirement.—A person in the United States may not arrange, offer, advertise, or provide transportation on a vessel to which this chapter applies unless the person has filed with the Federal Maritime Commission evidence of financial responsibility to indemnify passengers for nonperformance of the transportation.
(b) Satisfactory Evidence.—To satisfy subsection (a), a person must file—
(1) information the Commission considers necessary; or
(2) a copy of a bond or other security, in such form as the Commission by regulation may require.
(c) Authorized Issuer of Bond.—If a bond is filed, it must be issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1554.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 44102 | 46 App.:817e(a) (1st–14th, 37th–last words), (b). | Pub. L. 89–777, §3(a) (1st–14th, 37th–last words), (b), Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1357; Pub. L. 103–206, title III, §320, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2427. |
In subsection (c), the words or any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or any territory or possession of the United States are omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of United States in chapter 1 of the revised title.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
46-U.S.C.-42109 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Shipping
In this entry about 46-U.S.C.-42109, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to shipping in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States shipping-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
Part C – Miscellaneous in the Legal Encyclopedia: Regulation of Ocean Shipping
In this entry about Part C – Miscellaneous, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to regulation of ocean shipping in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States regulation of ocean shipping-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
Leave a Reply