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SB152
GRJUCCC-1
By Senators Orr, Sessions (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 20-Feb-24
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5 GRJUCCC-1 02/16/2024 FC (L)ma 2024-701
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First Read: 20-Feb-24
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would relate to the State Pilotage
Commission in a Class 2 municipality. The bill would
give the commission the sole authority to regulate
maritime data for use in pilotage of ships and
watercraft in Mobile Bay.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Class 2 municipalities; to amend Section
33-4A-13, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to rulemaking
authority of the State Pilotage Commission; to regulate the
usage of maritime data for use in pilotage of vessels.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 33-4A-13, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง33-4A-13
(a) The commission shall have the power and authority
to may make all necessary rules and regulations regulating the
piloting of ships and all watercrafts into and out of any
harbor or seaport until berthed and moored at the docking
facility in the Port of Mobile or until past the outer bar of
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facility in the Port of Mobile or until past the outer bar of
Mobile Bay upon departure . The commission shall have sole
authority to permit or disallow use of maritime data collected
for use in pilotage of vessels within the waters of the State
of Alabama, unless the data is developed by an agency of the
United States or approved by the commission. Maritime data
produced by foreign states or by a foreign or domestic company
must be expressly preapproved by the commission for any
official use in pilotage.
(b) The commission shall also have the power and
authority to may require evidence of the physical and mental
fitness of any active bar pilot at any time and to make adopt
rules and regulations regarding the physical and mental
capacity and fitness of the active bar pilots."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2024.
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