STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 6376 A. 8642
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 7, 2016
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural
Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to time restrictions on
continuous pilotage on vessels transiting the Hudson River
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1-a of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of
2 section 89-a of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 482 of the
3 laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4 (1-a) All vessels shall pay an additional launch fee and communication
5 fee. The launch fee shall be set by the board of commissioners of pilots
6 to recoup the cost of operating a pilot launch and pilot station at
7 Yonkers. The communication fee shall be set by the board of commission-
8 ers of pilots to recoup the cost of portable electronic communication
9 and navigation equipment carried aboard the vessel by the pilot.
10 All vessels transiting Section 2, Upper River; Yonkers, to beyond Hyde
11 Park through Albany or Troy shall pay a mid-river launch fee. The mid-
12 river launch fee shall be set by the board of commissioners of pilots to
13 recoup the cost of operating a pilot launch and pilot station at Norrie
14 Point.
15 The launch fee, communication fee, and mid-river launch fee shall be
16 reviewed annually by the board of commissioners of pilots on or about
17 the anniversary date upon which this section shall have become a law.
18 In the event a vessel transiting the Hudson River requires a contin-
19 uous pilotage of more than [eight] ten hours, two pilots shall be
20 assigned at the beginning of such transit, and the fee shall be the
21 regular pilotage fee plus fifty percent for the second pilot. The fee
22 for the second pilot shall not apply when the first pilot is discharged
23 at the mid-river pilot station and relieved at such station by a second
24 pilot. A second pilot shall not be required when the vessel anchors for
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 a minimum of eight hours such that the transit does not require a
2 continuous pilotage of more than [eight] ten hours by one pilot.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
4 manner as section 5 of chapter 478 of the laws of 2015, takes effect.
