S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11188
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 1, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to pilotage fees
on vessels transiting the New York state waters of Long Island Sound
or Block Island Sound east of Execution Rocks of Sand Point
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section
89-b of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 427 of the laws of
2022, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Upon the effective date of this paragraph and thereafter:
All vessels shall pay [eight dollars and eighty-six cents per pilotage
unit; from January first, two thousand twenty-three until January first,
two thousand twenty-four all vessels shall pay nine dollars and ninety-
seven cents per pilotage unit; from January first, two thousand twenty-
four until January first, two thousand twenty-five, all vessels shall
pay ten dollars and twenty-seven cents per pilotage unit; from January
first, two thousand twenty-five until January first, two thousand twen-
ty-six all vessels shall pay ten dollars and fifty-eight cents per pilo-
tage unit; from January first, two thousand twenty-six until January
first, two thousand twenty-seven all vessels shall pay] ten dollars and
eighty-nine cents per pilotage unit; [on and after] FROM January first,
two thousand twenty-seven UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT
ALL VESSELS SHALL PAY ELEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-TWO CENTS PER PILOTAGE
UNIT; FROM JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, ALL VESSELS SHALL PAY ELEVEN DOLLARS AND
EIGHTY-NINE CENTS PER PILOTAGE UNIT; FROM JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-NINE UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY ALL VESSELS SHALL
PAY TWELVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SEVEN CENTS PER PILOTAGE UNIT; FROM JANU-
ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIR-
TY-ONE ALL VESSELS SHALL PAY TWELVE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-SIX CENTS PER
PILOTAGE UNIT; FROM JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE UNTIL JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-TWO ALL VESSELS SHALL PAY THIRTEEN DOLLARS
AND THIRTY-EIGHT CENTS PER PILOTAGE UNIT; ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-TWO all vessels shall pay [eleven dollars and twen-
ty-two cents] THIRTEEN DOLLARS AND NINETY-ONE CENTS per pilotage unit.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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