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SENATE BILL 6194
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State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Second Special Session
By Senators Snyder, Hargrove and T. Sheldon
Read first time 06/04/2001. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to authorizing the provision of pilotage services in the Grays Harbor pilotage district by port districts; and adding a new section to chapter 53.08 RCW.
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 on or before June 30, 2001, 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 exclusively within the Grays Harbor pilotage district.
(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 in the Grays Harbor pilotage district.
(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 for the Grays Harbor pilotage district 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 for the Grays Harbor pilotage district.
(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 adopt and amend rules of service, rates, and tariffs governing its pilotage services subject to the limitations of RCW 88.16.035. The rules, rates, and tariffs must be 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.
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