FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6528

                              C 112 L 90

BYSenator Patterson

Revising vessel pilots' license qualifications.

Senate Committee on Transportation

House Committe on Transportation

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Under the state Pilotage Act, an individual applying for a license to pilot vessels in state waters must first hold, as a minimum, a United States Coast Guard master's license.  Current state law, however, is not consistent with 1989 changes in federal pilotage licensing requirements.

SUMMARY:

State pilotage licensing requirements are changed to reflect current federal standards.  An applicant for a state pilot's license is no longer required to hold a U.S. Coast Guard license as a master of freight and towing vessels of not more than 1,000 gross tons.  The requirement is changed and such an applicant must now hold a federal license as a master of ocean or near coastal steam or inland steam motor vessels of not more than 1,600 gross tons.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   46    0

     House 97  0 (House amended)

     Senate   42    0 (Senate concurred)

EFFECTIVE:June 7, 1990