46 U.S.C. § 60311 — Hospital vessels in time of war
submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 109-304 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 82 words · no verdicts yet
During wartime, a qualifying hospital vessel is exempt from tonnage taxes, light money, and pilotage charges in United States ports. The President must identify the vessels and the exemption period by proclamation.
In time of war, a hospital vessel* is exempt from tonnage taxes, light money, and pilotage charges in the ports of the United States if the vessel is one for which the conditions of the international convention for the exemption of hospital ships from taxation in time of war, concluded at The Hague on December 21, 1904 , are satisfied. The President by proclamation shall name the vessels for which the conditions are satisfied and state* when the exemption begins and ends.
In time of war, a hospital vessel* is exempt from tonnage taxes, light money, and pilotage charges in the ports of the United States if the vessel is one for which the conditions of the international convention for the exemption of hospital ships from taxation in time of war, concluded at The Hague on December 21, 1904, are satisfied. The President by proclamation shall name the vessels for which the conditions are satisfied and state* when the exemption begins and ends.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1679.)
- 2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-304 · 120 Stat. 1679
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