Bill Text: NY S08935 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-08 - PRINT NUMBER 8935A [S08935 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08935-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8935--A IN SENATE June 6, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to exempting certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 88 of the navigation law, as 2 amended by chapter 943 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register 5 entering or departing from the Port of New York by the way of Sandy Hook 6 or by the way of Sands Point or Execution Rocks, shall take a Sandy Hook 7 pilot licensed under the authority of this article or of the laws of the 8 state of New Jersey or a person heretofore licensed as a Hell Gate 9 pilot. Notwithstanding the above, certain recreational vessels of less 10 than two hundred feet in length may be exempted from the compulsory 11 state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board of commission- 12 ers of pilots. Whenever the services of such a pilot are refused, the 13 master, owners or consignees, shall pay pilotage as if one had been 14 employed. Such pilotage shall be paid to the pilot first speaking or 15 offering his services as pilot to such vessel. The pilotage authorized 16 to be collected whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be 17 sued for and recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such service. 18 Such pilotage, when recovered, shall belong to and may be retained by 19 such pilot for his own benefit and use. Certain recreational vessels may 20 be exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement pursuant to 21 this subdivision at the discretion of the board of commissioners of 22 pilots. 23 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 89-a of the navigation law, as amended 24 by chapter 838 of the laws of 1960, is amended to read as follows: 25 1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register, 26 except vessels proceeding otherwise than by sea and of less than three EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16194-02-8S. 8935--A 2 1 hundred gross registered tons and having a fully loaded draft of seven 2 feet or less, entering or departing from the Hudson river north of a 3 line running from the foot of Main street, Yonkers, west to Alpine, New 4 Jersey, or navigating any of the waters of the Hudson river north of 5 said line and south of the dam at Troy, New York, shall take a Hudson 6 river pilot licensed under the authority of this article. Notwithstand- 7 ing the above, certain recreational vessels of less than two hundred 8 feet in length may be exempted from the compulsory state pilotage 9 requirement at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots. 10 Whenever the services of such a pilot are refused, the master, owners or 11 consignees shall pay pilotage as if one had been employed. Such pilotage 12 shall be paid to the pilot first speaking or offering his services as 13 pilot to such vessel. The pilotage authorized to be collected whenever a 14 pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be sued for and recovered in 15 the name of the pilot tendering such service. Such pilotage, when recov- 16 ered, shall belong to and may be retained by such pilot for his own 17 benefit and use. Certain recreational vessels may be exempted from the 18 compulsory state pilotage requirement pursuant to this subdivision at 19 the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots. 20 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 89-b of the navigation law, as amended 21 by chapter 732 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 22 1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register tran- 23 siting the New York state waters of Long Island Sound or Block Island 24 Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point, and any such vessels 25 entering or departing from any port situated on the New York state 26 waters of Long Island Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point, 27 shall take a Long Island-Block Island Sound pilot licensed under the 28 authority of this article. Every foreign vessel and every American 29 vessel under register transiting the New York state waters of Long 30 Island Sound or Block Island Sound east of a line running southeasterly 31 from the mouth of the Byram River at the New York-Connecticut boundary 32 to Oak Neck Point on Long Island shall take a pilot licensed under the 33 authority of this article or the laws of any other state having concur- 34 rent jurisdiction over these waters. Notwithstanding the above, certain 35 recreational vessels of less than two hundred feet in length may be 36 exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement at the 37 discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots. Whenever the 38 services of such a pilot are refused, the master, owners or consignees 39 shall pay pilotage as if one had been employed. The pilotage authorized 40 to be collected whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be 41 sued for and recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such service. 42 Such pilotage, when recovered, shall belong to and may be retained by 43 such pilot for his own benefit and use. Certain recreational vessels may 44 be exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement pursuant to 45 this subdivision at the discretion of the board of commissioners of 46 pilots. 47 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
