California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 1180.3

HNC § 1180.3 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 5 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The board shall establish an incident review committee, which shall be composed of one public member of the board and the executive director. The board shall delegate to the incident review committee the responsibility to review all reports of misconduct or navigational incidents involving pilots or other matters for which a license issued by the board may be revoked or suspended. This subdivision does not apply to an incident involving a pilot aboard a vessel of less than 300 gross tons unless a pilot is required by law.

(b)The incident review committee, with the assistance of one or more investigators, shall investigate the incident, misconduct, or other matter and prepare a written report. The incident review committee may call witnesses and request additional information if the incident review committee considers it necessary to conduct a complete investigation. In performing their duties, the members of the incident review committee and its investigators shall act fairly and impartially and shall treat all matters developed or maintained as required by law. The members of the incident review committee and the investigators shall not discuss any investigation with the board or any member of the board until the matter has been finally disposed of by the incident review committee or final action has been taken by the board, as appropriate. The board shall specify, by regulation, the information to be contained in the report, which shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information relating to the incident, misconduct, or other matter:

(1)The name of the vessel, date, location, and identification of the pilot.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 19. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.