Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 3. VESSELS [399 - 786]
( Division 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) CHAPTER 3. Wrecks and Salvage [510 - 571]
( Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) ARTICLE 3. Marine Debris [550 - 552]
( Article 3 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 645, Sec. 1. ) 550.
For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) A “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial
contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation by water.
(b) “Marine debris” is a vessel or part of a vessel, including a derelict, wreck, hulk, or part of any ship or other watercraft or dilapidated vessel, that is unseaworthy and not reasonably fit or capable of being made fit to be used as a means of transportation by water.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 645, Sec. 1. (AB 1323) Effective January 1, 2016.)