Senate Bill S6376

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to time restrictions on continuous pilotage on vessels transiting the Hudson River

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S6376 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8642
Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-a, Nav L

2015-S6376 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to time restrictions on continuous pilotage on vessels transiting the Hudson River.

2015-S6376 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6376 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 6376                                                  A. 8642

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Cultural
  Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- 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 time restrictions  on
  continuous pilotage on vessels transiting the Hudson River

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.   Subparagraph 1-a of paragraph (b)  of  subdivision  4  of
section  89-a  of  the  navigation law, as amended by chapter 482 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  (1-a) All vessels shall pay an additional launch fee and communication
fee. The launch fee shall be set by the board of commissioners of pilots
to recoup the cost of operating a pilot  launch  and  pilot  station  at
Yonkers.  The communication fee shall be set by the board of commission-
ers of pilots to recoup the cost of  portable  electronic  communication
and navigation equipment carried aboard the vessel by the pilot.
  All vessels transiting Section 2, Upper River; Yonkers, to beyond Hyde
Park  through  Albany or Troy shall pay a mid-river launch fee. The mid-
river launch fee shall be set by the board of commissioners of pilots to
recoup the cost of operating a pilot launch and pilot station at  Norrie
Point.
  The  launch  fee, communication fee, and mid-river launch fee shall be
reviewed annually by the board of commissioners of pilots  on  or  about
the anniversary date upon which this section shall have become a law.
  In  the  event a vessel transiting the Hudson River requires a contin-
uous pilotage of more than  [eight]  TEN  hours,  two  pilots  shall  be
assigned  at  the  beginning  of  such transit, and the fee shall be the
regular pilotage fee plus fifty percent for the second  pilot.  The  fee
for  the second pilot shall not apply when the first pilot is discharged
at the mid-river pilot station and relieved at such station by a  second
pilot.  A second pilot shall not be required when the vessel anchors for

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

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