Bill Text: NY S08935 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8935 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 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. Whenever the services of such a pilot are refused, the master, 10 owners or consignees, shall pay pilotage as if one had been employed. 11 Such pilotage shall be paid to the pilot first speaking or offering his 12 services as pilot to such vessel. The pilotage authorized to be 13 collected whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be sued 14 for and recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such service. Such 15 pilotage, when recovered, shall belong to and may be retained by such 16 pilot for his own benefit and use. Certain recreational vessels may be 17 exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement pursuant to this 18 subdivision at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots. 19 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 89-a of the navigation law, as amended 20 by chapter 838 of the laws of 1960, is amended to read as follows: 21 1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register, 22 except vessels proceeding otherwise than by sea and of less than three 23 hundred gross registered tons and having a fully loaded draft of seven 24 feet or less, entering or departing from the Hudson river north of a 25 line running from the foot of Main street, Yonkers, west to Alpine, New 26 Jersey, or navigating any of the waters of the Hudson river north of 27 said line and south of the dam at Troy, New York, shall take a Hudson 28 river pilot licensed under the authority of this article. Whenever the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16194-01-8S. 8935 2 1 services of such a pilot are refused, the master, owners or consignees 2 shall pay pilotage as if one had been employed. Such pilotage shall be 3 paid to the pilot first speaking or offering his services as pilot to 4 such vessel. The pilotage authorized to be collected whenever a pilot 5 shall be refused by a vessel shall be sued for and recovered in the name 6 of the pilot tendering such service. Such pilotage, when recovered, 7 shall belong to and may be retained by such pilot for his own benefit 8 and use. Certain recreational vessels may be exempted from the compulso- 9 ry state pilotage requirement pursuant to this subdivision at the 10 discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots. 11 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 89-b of the navigation law, as amended 12 by chapter 732 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 13 1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register tran- 14 siting the New York state waters of Long Island Sound or Block Island 15 Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point, and any such vessels 16 entering or departing from any port situated on the New York state 17 waters of Long Island Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point, 18 shall take a Long Island-Block Island Sound pilot licensed under the 19 authority of this article. Every foreign vessel and every American 20 vessel under register transiting the New York state waters of Long 21 Island Sound or Block Island Sound east of a line running southeasterly 22 from the mouth of the Byram River at the New York-Connecticut boundary 23 to Oak Neck Point on Long Island shall take a pilot licensed under the 24 authority of this article or the laws of any other state having concur- 25 rent jurisdiction over these waters. Whenever the services of such a 26 pilot are refused, the master, owners or consignees shall pay pilotage 27 as if one had been employed. The pilotage authorized to be collected 28 whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be sued for and 29 recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such service. Such pilo- 30 tage, when recovered, shall belong to and may be retained by such pilot 31 for his own benefit and use. Certain recreational vessels may be 32 exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement pursuant to this 33 subdivision at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots. 34 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
