Bill Text: NY S09128 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 9128 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Increases pilotage fees on the Hudson River for certain vessels.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.472 [S09128 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9128

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 10, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation

        AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to the rates  for  pilo-
          tage on the Hudson river

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section
     2  89-a of the navigation law,  is  amended  by  adding  five  new  clauses
     3  (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii) to read as follows:
     4    (viii) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three, the follow-
     5  ing base pilotage rates shall be applicable:
     6    All  vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall pay $14.02 per pilo-
     7  tage unit for Section 1, Lower River; Yonkers, to all ports through Hyde
     8  Park.
     9  The following base pilotage rates shall  be  applicable  to  Section  1,
    10  Lower River:
    11  Up to 50 pilotage units ........................................ $979.74
    12  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1400.60
    13  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    14  All  vessels  of  100  pilotage units and over shall pay a base pilotage
    15  rate of ......................................................... $19.75
    16  per pilotage unit for Section 2,  Upper  River;  Yonkers  to  all  ports
    17  beyond Hyde Park through Albany or Troy.
    18  The  following  base  pilotage  rates  shall be applicable to Section 2,
    19  Upper River:
    20  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1615.01
    21  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1973.91
    22  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    23    (ix) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-four, the  following
    24  base pilotage rates shall be applicable:
    25    All  vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall pay $14.44 per pilo-
    26  tage unit for Section 1, Lower River; Yonkers to all ports through  Hyde
    27  Park.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15770-01-2

        S. 9128                             2

     1  The  following  base  pilotage  rates  shall be applicable to Section 1,
     2  Lower River:
     3  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1009.13
     4  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1442.62
     5  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
     6  All  vessels  of  100  pilotage units and over shall pay a base pilotage
     7  rate of ......................................................... $20.34
     8  per pilotage unit for Section 2,  Upper  River;  Yonkers  to  all  ports
     9  beyond Hyde Park through Albany or Troy.
    10  The  following  base  pilotage  rates  shall be applicable to Section 2,
    11  Upper River:
    12  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1663.46
    13  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $2033.13
    14  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    15    (x) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-five,  the  following
    16  base pilotage rates shall be applicable:
    17    All  vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall pay $14.87 per pilo-
    18  tage unit for Section 1, Lower River, Yonkers to all ports through  Hyde
    19  Park.
    20  The  following  base  pilotage  rates  shall be applicable to Section 1,
    21  Lower River:
    22  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1039.40
    23  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1485.90
    24  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    25  All vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall  pay  a  base  pilotage
    26  rate of ......................................................... $20.95
    27  per  pilotage  unit  for  Section  2,  Upper River; Yonkers to all ports
    28  beyond Hyde Park through Albany or Troy.
    29  The following base pilotage rates shall  be  applicable  to  Section  2,
    30  Upper River:
    31  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1713.36
    32  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $2094.12
    33  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    34    (xi)  Effective  January first, two thousand twenty-six, the following
    35  base pilotage rates shall be applicable:
    36    All vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall pay $15.32 per  pilo-
    37  tage  unit for Section 1, Lower River; Yonkers to all ports through Hyde
    38  Park.
    39  The following base pilotage rates shall  be  applicable  to  Section  1,
    40  Lower River:
    41  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1070.58
    42  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1530.48
    43  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    44  All  vessels  of  100  pilotage units and over shall pay a base pilotage
    45  rate of ......................................................... $21.58
    46  per pilotage unit for Section 2,  Upper  River;  Yonkers  to  all  ports
    47  beyond Hyde Park through Albany or Troy.
    48  The  following  pilotage  rates  shall be applicable to Section 2, Upper
    49  River:
    50  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1764.76
    51  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $2156.94
    52  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    53    (xii) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the  follow-
    54  ing base pilotage rates shall be applicable:

        S. 9128                             3

     1    All  vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall pay $15.78 per pilo-
     2  tage unit for Section 1, Lower River; Yonkers to all ports through  Hyde
     3  Park.
     4  The  following  base  pilotage  rates  shall be applicable to Section 1,
     5  Lower River:
     6  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1102.70
     7  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1576.39
     8  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
     9  All vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall  pay  a  base  pilotage
    10  rate of ......................................................... $22.23
    11  per  pilotage  unit  for  Section  2,  Upper River; Yonkers to all ports
    12  beyond Hyde Park through Albany or Troy.
    13  The following pilotage rates shall be applicable  to  Section  2,  Upper
    14  River:
    15  Up to 50 pilotage units ....................................... $1817.70
    16  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $2221.65
    17  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2023.