§ 85. — Aids to maritime navigation; penalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC85]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 5--FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
Sec. 85. Aids to maritime navigation; penalty
The Secretary shall prescribe and enforce necessary and reasonable
rules and regulations, for the protection of marine navigation, relative
to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of lights and other
signals on fixed and floating structures in or over waters subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States and in the high seas for
structures owned or operated by persons subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States. Any owner or operator of such a structure, excluding
an agency of the United States, who violates any of the rules or
regulations prescribed hereunder, commits a misdemeanor and shall be
punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not exceeding $100 for
each day which such violation continues.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 501; June 4, 1956, ch. 351, Sec. 1, 70
Stat. 226; Pub. L. 93-283, Sec. 1(2), May 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 139.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 760 (May 14, 1908, ch.
168, Sec. 5, 35 Stat. 162).
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
557.
Amendments
1974--Pub. L. 93-283 struck out ``on fixed structures'' after
``maritime navigation'' in section catchline and in text substituted
``fixed and floating structures in or over waters subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States and in the high seas for structures
owned or operated by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States'' for ``fixed structures in or over navigable waters of the
United States''.
1956--Act June 4, 1956, amended section generally, vesting in
Secretary rule-making authority, for the protection of maritime
navigation, relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of
lights and other signals on fixed structures in or over navigable waters
of the United States, and excluding agencies of United States from its
provisions.
