California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 1127

HNC § 1127 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to ensure the safety of persons, property, and vessels using the waters of Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun and to avoid damage to those waters and surrounding ecosystems as a result of vessel collision or damage by providing competent, efficient, and regulated pilotage for vessels required by this division to secure pilotage services.

(b)This section does not supersede, modify, or otherwise alter pilot practices that are not safety related, including, but not limited to, the determination of rates charged for pilot services or employer-employee relationships for individuals, agencies, or organizations involved in providing pilotage services between any port of Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun and any other port of the United States that is in existence on December 31, 1995, or otherwise abridge the authority of local port or harbor districts relating to pilotage in effect on December 31, 1995.

(c)The board shall regulate pilotage on waters of the state as provided in this division.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 3. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.