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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1162
BY REPRESENTATIVE KATRINA JACKSON
PILOTS: Provides relative to pilotage fees and rates
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 34:1122(B)(1), relative to the Pilotage Fee Commission; to2
provide for pilotage fees and rates; to provide for an effective date; and to provide3
for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 34:1122(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1122. Fees and charges; adjudication of disputes7
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B.(1) Pilotage fees and rates shall may provide for all ordinary and necessary9
operating and administrative costs and expenses, including but not limited to the cost10
of, replacement of, and reasonable return on investment of pilot stations,11
administrative offices, furniture and fixtures, communication equipment and12
facilities, vessels, launches and other required vehicles of transportation and the13
expenses of maintaining and repairing same, other transportation expenses, the14
expense of maintaining necessary employees, operating materials, consumables and15
services, pensions, pension plans, hospitalization, disability compensation, taxes and16
licenses, life insurance, license insurance, trade promotions when requested to17
participate by industry or any port, required continuing education, legal expense,18
accounting expense, professional dues, administrative and professional publications,19
state pilot commissions, state and federal requirements, and fair average annual20 HLS 14RS-2532 ORIGINAL
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compensation for a state ship pilot, in comparison to regulated state ship pilotage in1
other United States ports.2
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Katrina Jackson HB No. 1162
Abstract: Authorizes pilotage fees and rates to provide for all ordinary and necessary
operating and administrative costs and expenses.
Present law creates the Pilotage Fee Commission and provides that the commission shall
have exclusive authority to fix and establish reasonable and just fees and rates for all of the
following:
(1)Pilotage service to ships and vessels.
(2)Pilotage service to ships in distress.
(3)Extraordinary pilotage service.
(4)A pilot being carried to sea unwillingly.
(5)The detention of a pilot.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires pilotage fees and rates to provide for all ordinary and necessary
operating and administrative costs and expenses.
Proposed law changes the requirement to an authorization that pilotage fees and rates may
provide for all ordinary and necessary operating and administrative costs and expenses.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 34:1122(B)(1))