S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
January 17, 2020
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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:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 88 of the navigation law, as
amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the navigation law
relating to exempting certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage
requirement, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4200-A and A.
6703-A, is amended to read as follows:
1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register
entering or departing from the Port of New York by the way of Sandy Hook
or by the way of Sands Point or Execution Rocks, shall take a Sandy Hook
pilot licensed under the authority of this article or of the laws of the
state of New Jersey or a person heretofore licensed as a Hell Gate
pilot. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, recreational
vessels as defined in section 2101[(25)] (34) of title 46 of the United
States Code of less than two hundred feet in length may be exempted from
the compulsory state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board
of commissioners of pilots. Whenever the services of such a pilot are
refused, the master, owners or consignees, shall pay pilotage as if one
had been employed. Such pilotage shall be paid to the pilot first speak-
ing or offering his services as pilot to such vessel. The pilotage
authorized to be collected whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel
shall be sued for and recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such
service. Such pilotage, when recovered, shall belong to and may be
retained by such pilot for his own benefit and use. Recreational vessels
as defined in section 2101[(25)] (34) of title 46 of the United States
Code may be exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement
pursuant to this subdivision at the discretion of the board of commis-
sioners of pilots.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 89-a of the navigation law, as amended
by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the navigation law relating
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09703-04-0
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to exempting certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage require-
ment, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4200-A and A. 6703-A,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register,
except vessels proceeding otherwise than by sea and of less than three
hundred gross registered tons and having a fully loaded draft of seven
feet or less, entering or departing from the Hudson river north of a
line running from the foot of Main street, Yonkers, west to Alpine, New
Jersey, or navigating any of the waters of the Hudson river north of
said line and south of the dam at Troy, New York, shall take a Hudson
river pilot licensed under the authority of this article. Notwithstand-
ing the provisions of this subdivision, recreational vessels as defined
in section 2101[(25)] (34) of title 46 of the United States Code of less
than two hundred feet in length may be exempted from the compulsory
state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board of commission-
ers of pilots. Whenever the services of such a pilot are refused, the
master, owners or consignees shall pay pilotage as if one had been
employed. Such pilotage shall be paid to the pilot first speaking or
offering his services as pilot to such vessel. The pilotage authorized
to be collected whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be
sued for and recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such service.
Such pilotage, when recovered, shall belong to and may be retained by
such pilot for his own benefit and use. Recreational vessels as defined
in section 2101[(25)] (34) of title 46 of the United States Code may be
exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement pursuant to this
subdivision at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots.
§ 3. Subdivision 1 of section 89-b of the navigation law, as amended
by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the navigation law relating
to exempting certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage require-
ment, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4200-A and A. 6703-A,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register tran-
siting the New York state waters of Long Island Sound or Block Island
Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point, and any such vessels
entering or departing from any port situated on the New York state
waters of Long Island Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point,
shall take a Long Island-Block Island Sound pilot licensed under the
authority of this article. Every foreign vessel and every American
vessel under register transiting the New York state waters of Long
Island Sound or Block Island Sound east of a line running southeasterly
from the mouth of the Byram River at the New York-Connecticut boundary
to Oak Neck Point on Long Island shall take a pilot licensed under the
authority of this article or the laws of any other state having concur-
rent jurisdiction over these waters. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this subdivision, recreational vessels as defined in section 2101[(25)]
(34) of title 46 of the United States Code of less than two hundred feet
in length may be exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement
at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots. Whenever the
services of such a pilot are refused, the master, owners or consignees
shall pay pilotage as if one had been employed. The pilotage authorized
to be collected whenever a pilot shall be refused by a vessel shall be
sued for and recovered in the name of the pilot tendering such service.
Such pilotage, when recovered, shall belong to and may be retained by
such pilot for his own benefit and use. Recreational vessels as defined
in section 2101[(25)] (34) of title 46 of the United States Code may be
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exempted from the compulsory state pilotage requirement pursuant to this
subdivision at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the navigation law
relating to exempting certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage
requirement, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4200-A and A.
6703-A, takes effect.