Senate Bill S4200A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6703 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2019-S4200 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6703
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§88, 89-a & 89-b, Nav L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S8935, A11163

2019-S4200 - Summary

Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots.

2019-S4200 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4200 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4200
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  88  of  the  navigation  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  943  of  the  laws  of 1971, 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 ABOVE, CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VESSELS 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. CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VESSELS MAY
 BE  EXEMPTED  FROM THE COMPULSORY STATE PILOTAGE REQUIREMENT PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION AT THE DISCRETION OF  THE  BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  OF
 PILOTS.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 89-a of the navigation law, as amended
 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.
              

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2019-S4200A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6703
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§88, 89-a & 89-b, Nav L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S8935, A11163

2019-S4200A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots.

2019-S4200A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4200A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4200--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 chapter 943 of the laws  of  1971,  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) 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) OF TITLE 46 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE MAY
 BE  EXEMPTED  FROM THE COMPULSORY STATE PILOTAGE REQUIREMENT PURSUANT TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09703-03-9
              

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