LAC 46:LXX.404. Acting as Pilot without License; Penalty

A. No person who is not commissioned a bar pilot shall board any ship or vessel required to take a bar pilot, for the purpose of piloting, or to pilot or attempt to pilot the same; and no person or pilot shall board any such ship or vessel for the purpose of piloting, except from the pilot boats on the bar pilot stations. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than $1,500 nor more than $5,000, or may be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.