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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 6194
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Passed
Legislature - 2001 Second Special Session
State of Washington
57th Legislature 2001 Second Special Session
By
Read first time 06/04/2001.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
Authorizing
port districts to provide pilots in Grays Harbor.
AN
ACT Relating to authorizing the provision of pilotage services in the Grays
Harbor pilotage district by port districts; adding new sections to chapter
53.08 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 53.08 RCW to read as follows:
A
countywide port district located in part or in whole within the Grays Harbor
pilotage district, as defined by RCW 88.16.050(2), may commence pilotage
service with the following powers and subject to the conditions contained in
this section.
(1)
Persons employed to perform the pilotage service of a port district must be
licensed under chapter 88.16 RCW to provide pilotage.
(2)
Before establishing pilotage service, a port district shall give at least sixty
days' written notice to the chairman of the board of pilotage commissioners to
provide pilotage.
(3)
A port district providing pilotage service under this section requiring
additional pilots may petition the board of pilotage commissioners to qualify
and license as a pilot a person who has passed the examination and is on the
waiting list for the training program for the district. If there are no
persons on the waiting list, the board shall solicit applicants and offer the
examination.
(4)
In addition to the power to employ or contract with pilots, a port district
providing pilotage services under this section has such other powers as are
reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose of this section including, but
not limited to, providing through ownership or contract pilots launches,
dispatcher services, or ancillary tug services required for operations or
safety.
(5)
A port district providing pilotage services under this section may recommend to
the board of pilotage commissioners rules of service, rates, and tariffs
governing its pilotage services for consideration and adoption pursuant to RCW
88.16.035. The rules, rates, and tariffs recommended by the port district must
have been approved in open meetings of the port district ten or more days after
published notice in a newspaper of general circulation and after mailing a copy
of the notice to the chairman of the board of pilotage commissioners.
(6)
A pilot providing pilotage services under this section must comply with all
requirements of the pilotage act, chapter 88.16 RCW, and all rules adopted
thereunder.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 53.08 RCW to read as follows:
The
joint legislative audit and review committee shall study the authorization for
the provision of pilotage services in the Grays Harbor pilotage district and
issue a report to the house of representatives and senate transportation
committees no later than June 30, 2006. Specifically, the joint legislative
audit and review committee shall review whether the provisions of this act
continue to ensure safe pilotage in the Grays Harbor port, whether there was a
shortage of pilots, whether shipping has declined since the effective date of
this act, and whether other ports have indicated an interest in providing
pilotage services.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3.
Nothing in this act is intended to amend chapter 88.16 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This
act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and takes effect immediately.
