§ 1191. — 1191. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 10.)

(a)
The Legislature finds and declares that, consistent with the board’s adoption of rate recommendations in May 2002, the Legislature, by statute, adopted a schedule of pilotage rates pursuant to subdivision (c) providing fair and reasonable return to pilots engaged in ship movements or special operations for those movements or operations that are not specified in Section 1190.
(b)
A vessel using pilots for ship movements or special operations that do not constitute bar pilotage shall pay the rate specified in the schedule of pilotage rates adopted by the Legislature pursuant to this section.
(c)
Consistent
with the board’s adoption of rate recommendations in May 2002, the minimum rates imposed pursuant to this section that are in effect on December 31, 2002, shall be increased by 26 percent on January 1, 2003; those in effect on December 31, 2003, shall be increased by 26 percent on January 1, 2004; those in effect on December 31, 2004, shall be increased by 14 percent on January 1, 2005; and those in effect on December 31, 2005, shall be increased by 14 percent on January 1, 2006.
(d)
Except as specified in Section 1191.1, the rates imposed pursuant to subdivision (c) that are in effect on December 31, 2022, shall be increased by 15 percent on January 1, 2023.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 10. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022.