§ 1190. — 1190. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 5.)

California § 1190.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code HNC: Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
• Div. 5.: DIVISION 5. PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN
• Ch. 5.: CHAPTER 5. Pilotage Rates

Text

(a)
Every vessel spoken inward or outward bound shall pay the following rate of bar pilotage through the Golden Gate and into or out of the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun:
(1)
Ten dollars and twenty-six cents ($10.26) per draft foot of the vessel’s deepest draft and fractions of a foot pro rata, and an additional charge of 92.43 mills per high gross registered ton.
(2)
(A)
A minimum charge for bar pilotage shall be six hundred sixty-two dollars ($662) for each vessel piloted.
(B)
On and after January 1, 2022, a minimum charge for
bar pilotage shall be one thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars
($1,875) for each vessel piloted.
(C)
On and after January 1, 2023, a minimum charge for bar pilotage shall be two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600) for each vessel piloted.
(D)
On and after January 1, 2024, a minimum charge for bar pilotage shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each vessel piloted.
(3)
The vessel’s deepest draft shall be the maximum draft attained, on a stillwater basis, at any part of the vessel during the course of that transit inward or outward.
(b)
The rate specified in subdivision (a) shall apply only to a pilotage that passes through the Golden Gate to or from the high seas to or from a berth within an area
bounded by the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge to the north and Hunter’s Point to the south. The rate for pilotage to or from the high seas to or from a point past the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge or Hunter’s Point shall include a movement fee in addition to the basic bar pilotage rate, as specified in Section 1191.
(c)
The rate established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be for a trip from the high seas to dock or from the dock to high seas. The rate specified in Section 1191 shall not be charged by pilots for docking and undocking vessels.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 5. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022.