Bill Text: NY S04200 | 2019-2020 | 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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-06 - approval memo.28 [S04200 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04200-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4200
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 4, 2019
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        Introduced by Sens. LANZA, SAVINO -- 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  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:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09703-01-9
        S. 4200                             2
     1    1. Every foreign vessel and  every  American  vessel  under  register,
     2  except  vessels  proceeding otherwise than by sea and of less than three
     3  hundred gross registered tons and having a fully loaded draft  of  seven
     4  feet  or  less,  entering  or departing from the Hudson river north of a
     5  line  running from the foot of Main street, Yonkers, west to Alpine, New
     6  Jersey, or navigating any of the waters of the  Hudson  river  north  of
     7  said  line  and  south of the dam at Troy, New York, shall take a Hudson
     8  river pilot licensed under the authority of this article.  Notwithstand-
     9  ing the above, certain recreational vessels of  less  than  two  hundred
    10  feet  in  length  may  be  exempted  from  the compulsory state pilotage
    11  requirement at the discretion of the board of commissioners  of  pilots.
    12  Whenever the services of such a pilot are refused, the master, owners or
    13  consignees shall pay pilotage as if one had been employed. Such pilotage
    14  shall  be  paid  to the pilot first speaking or offering his services as
    15  pilot to such vessel. The pilotage authorized to be collected whenever a
    16  pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be sued for  and  recovered  in
    17  the name of the pilot tendering such service. Such pilotage, when recov-
    18  ered,  shall  belong  to  and  may be retained by such pilot for his own
    19  benefit and use. Certain recreational vessels may be exempted  from  the
    20  compulsory  state  pilotage  requirement pursuant to this subdivision at
    21  the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots.
    22    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 89-b of the navigation law,  as  amended
    23  by chapter 732 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
    24    1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register tran-
    25  siting  the  New  York state waters of Long Island Sound or Block Island
    26  Sound east of Execution Rocks or  Sands  Point,  and  any  such  vessels
    27  entering  or  departing  from  any  port  situated on the New York state
    28  waters of Long Island Sound east of  Execution  Rocks  or  Sands  Point,
    29  shall  take  a  Long  Island-Block Island Sound pilot licensed under the
    30  authority of this article.  Every  foreign  vessel  and  every  American
    31  vessel  under  register  transiting  the  New  York state waters of Long
    32  Island Sound or Block Island Sound east of a line running  southeasterly
    33  from  the  mouth of the Byram River at the New York-Connecticut boundary
    34  to Oak Neck Point on Long Island shall take a pilot licensed  under  the
    35  authority  of this article or the laws of any other state having concur-
    36  rent jurisdiction over these waters.  Notwithstanding the above, certain
    37  recreational vessels of less than two hundred  feet  in  length  may  be
    38  exempted   from   the  compulsory  state  pilotage  requirement  at  the
    39  discretion of  the  board  of  commissioners  of  pilots.  Whenever  the
    40  services  of  such a pilot are refused, the master, owners or consignees
    41  shall pay pilotage as if one had been employed. The pilotage  authorized
    42  to  be  collected whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be
    43  sued for and recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such  service.
    44  Such  pilotage,  when  recovered, shall belong to and may be retained by
    45  such pilot for his own benefit and use. Certain recreational vessels may
    46  be exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement  pursuant  to
    47  this  subdivision  at  the  discretion  of the board of commissioners of
    48  pilots.
    49    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.