Relates to rates for pilotage on Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound.

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S6526-2011 Actions

• Jun 20, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A10592
• Jun 20, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1435
• Jun 20, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 8, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 6526A
• Jun 8, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION
• Feb 23, 2012: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

S6526-2011 Meetings

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation: May 1, 2012

S6526-2011 Votes

S6526-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6526

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to rates for pilotage on
Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound

PURPOSE:
The  bill  establishes a new system of pilotage fees for the Long Island
Sound and Block Island Sound.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends section  89-b  of  the  navigation  law  to
establish  a new system of pilotage fees for Long Island Sound and Block
Island Sound.  The section establishes a three-year schedule of pilotage
rates as follows: effective upon enactment - $8.19  per  pilotage  unit;
one  year  from effective date - $8.52 per pilotage unit; and, two years
from effective date - $8.86 per pilotage unit.

JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation would adjust  the  pilotage  rates  for  foreign  trade
vessels  entering and leaving the Long Island-Block Island Sound for the
first time since 2007. In order to  fairly  compensate  pilots  at  Long
Island  and  Block island Sound ports, this bill would establish a three
year schedule for an increase in pilotage fees.

Merchant ships entering the Long Island  and  Block  Island  Sounds  are
required  by  law  to  take  aboard a local pilot to direct the vessel's
movement and docking. Connecticut and New York share authority to  regu-
late  pilotage  and  a  1999 memorandum of agreement was established for
licensed pilots to participate in a joint rotation of the pilots.

The legislation is based upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Connecticut
Pilot  Commission.  The  Commission  believes  the rate structure should
fairly compensate pilots, justify  the  substantial  capital  investment
required  to  acquire and maintain pilots' boats and to provide training
costs.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6526-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    6526

                              I N  SENATE

                              February 23, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
    when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Cultural  Affairs,
    Tourism, Parks and Recreation

  AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to rates for pilotage on
    Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 4  of  section
  89-b  of  the  navigation  law, as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of
  2007, is amended to read as follows:

    (1) Upon the effective date of this paragraph and thereafter:

    All vessels shall pay [seven] EIGHT dollars  AND  NINETEEN  CENTS  per
  pilotage unit; upon one year after the effective date of [a] THE chapter
  of  the  laws  of two thousand [seven] TWELVE that amended this subpara-
  graph and thereafter, all vessels shall pay [seven]  EIGHT  dollars  and
  [forty-two] FIFTY-TWO cents per pilotage unit; and, upon two years after
  the  effective  date  of  [a]  THE  chapter  of the laws of two thousand
  [seven] TWELVE  that  amended  this  subparagraph  and  thereafter,  all
  vessels  shall  pay  [seven]  EIGHT dollars and [eighty-seven] EIGHT-SIX
  cents per pilotage unit.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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