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SENATE BILL NO. 5648
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Senators Smitherman, Garrett and Barr
Read first time 2/6/87 and referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to pilotage; amending RCW 88.16.070; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 4, chapter 18, Laws of 1935 as last amended by section 6, chapter 337, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. and RCW 88.16.070 are each amended to read as follows:
All vessels
under enrollment and all United States and Canadian vessels engaged exclusively
in the coasting trade on the west coast of the continental United States
(including Alaska) and/or British Columbia shall be exempt from the provisions
of this chapter unless a pilot licensed under this chapter be actually
employed, in which case the pilotage rates provided for in this chapter shall
apply. Every vessel not so exempt, shall while navigating the Puget Sound and
Grays Harbor ((and Willapa Bay)) pilotage districts, employ a pilot
licensed under the provisions of this chapter and shall be liable for and pay
pilotage rates in accordance with the pilotage rates herein established or
which may hereafter be established under the provisions of this chapter:
PROVIDED, That any vessel inbound to or outbound from Canadian ports is exempt
from the provisions of this section, if said vessel actually employs a pilot
licensed by the Pacific pilotage authority (the pilot licensing authority for
the western district of Canada), and if it is communicating with the vessel
traffic system and has appropriate navigational charts, and if said vessel uses
only those waters east of the international boundary line which are west of a
line which begins at the southwestern edge of Point Roberts then to Alden Point
(Patos Island), then to Skipjack Island light, then to Turn Point (Stuart
Island), then to Kellet Bluff (Henry Island), then to Lime Kiln (San Juan
Island) then to the intersection of one hundred twenty-three degrees seven
minutes west longitude and forty-eight degrees twenty-five minutes north
latitude then to the international boundary: PROVIDED FURTHER, That
high-speed small passenger vessels, not exceeding one hundred fifty feet in
length and less than five hundred tons are exempt from the provisions of this
section when operated and manned by United States Coast Guard licensed
personnel, engaged in regular service exclusively between Puget Sound and
British Columbia ports. The board shall correspond with the Pacific
pilotage authority from time to time to ensure the provisions of this section
are enforced. If any exempted vessel does not comply with these provisions it
shall be deemed to be in violation of this section and subject to the penalties
provided in RCW 88.16.150 as now or hereafter amended and liable to pilotage
fees as determined by the board. The board shall investigate any accident on
the waters covered by this chapter involving a Canadian pilot and shall include
the results in its annual report.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.