Sec. 11503. Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passenger vessels
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Chapter 305 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— by inserting before section 30501 the following: ; by inserting before section 30503 the following: ; and by redesignating sections 30503 through 30512 as sections 30521 through 30530, respectively. Section 30501 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: In this chapter: The term covered small passenger vessel — means a small passenger vessel, as defined in section 2101, that is— not a wing-in-ground craft; and carrying— not more than 49 passengers on an overnight domestic voyage; and not more than 150 passengers on any voyage that is not an overnight domestic voyage; and includes any wooden vessel constructed prior to March 11, 1996, carrying at least 1 passenger for hire.
The term owner includes a charterer that mans, supplies, and navigates a vessel at the charterer’s own expense or by the charterer’s own procurement. . Section 30502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Except as otherwise provided, this chapter (except section 30521) applies to seagoing vessels and vessels used on lakes or rivers or in inland navigation, including canal boats, barges, and lighters. This chapter (except for section 30526) shall not apply to covered small passenger vessels. .
Section 30526(b) of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended— in paragraph (1)— by inserting , in the case of seagoing vessels, after personal injury or death ; and by inserting , or in the case of covered small passenger vessels, to less than two years after the date of the injury or death after date of the injury or death ; and in paragraph (2)— by inserting , in the case of seagoing vessels, after personal injury or death ; and by inserting , or in the case of covered small passenger vessels, to less than two years after the date of the injury or death after date of the injury or death .
The analysis for chapter 305 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— by inserting before the item relating to section 30501 the following: SUBCHAPTER I—General provisions ; by inserting after the item relating to section 30502 the following: SUBCHAPTER II—Exoneration and limitation of liability ; by striking the item relating to section 30501 and inserting the following: 30501. Definitions. ; and by redesignating the items relating to sections 30503 through 30512 as items relating to sections 30521 through 30530, respectively.
Title 46, United States Code, is further amended— in section 14305(a)(5) by striking section 30506 and inserting section 30524 ; in section 30523(a), as redesignated by subsection (a), by striking section 30506 and inserting section 30524 ; in section 30524(b), as redesignated by subsection (a), by striking section 30505 and inserting section 30523 ; and in section 30525, as redesignated by subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)by striking sections 30505 and 30506 and inserting sections 30523 and 30524 ; in paragraph
(1)by striking section 30505 and inserting section 30523 ; and in paragraph
(2)by striking section 30506(b) and inserting section 30524(b) .