Bill Text: NY A10295 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the rates for pilotage on the Hudson River for the years 2021 and 2022 by two percent each year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-15 - referred to transportation [A10295 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10295-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10295

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 15, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to rates for pilotage 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 two new clauses (vi) and
     3  (vii) to read as follows:
     4    (vi) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-one,  the  following
     5  base pilotage rates shall be applicable:
     6    All  vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall pay $13.34 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 ........................................ $932.54
    12  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1333.14
    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 ......................................................... $18.79
    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 ....................................... $1537.22
    21  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1878.84
    22  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    23    (vii) Effective January first, two thousand twenty-two, the  following
    24  base pilotage rates shall be applicable:
    25    All  vessels of 100 pilotage units and over shall pay $13.61 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.
                                                                   LBD15745-01-0
        A. 10295                            2

     1  The following base pilotage rates shall  be  applicable  to  Section  1,
     2  Lower River:
     3  Up to 50 pilotage units ........................................ $951.20
     4  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units ..................... $1359.81
     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 ......................................................... $19.17
     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 ....................................... $1567.97
    13  More than 50 and up to 100 pilotage units.....................  $1916.42
    14  A maximum charge of up to 500 pilotage units shall be applicable.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.