PRINTER'S NO. 1220 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. |
1029 |
Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY HACKETT, TURZAI, W. KELLER, HEFFLEY, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, MICOZZIE, WATSON, BARRAR, COHEN, KILLION, EVERETT, STEPHENS AND TOOHIL, MARCH 19, 2013
REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON COMMERCE, MARCH 19, 2013
AN ACT
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Amending the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A
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further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a
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board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the
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regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,'
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approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and
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three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of
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pilots," further providing for certain charges.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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hereby enacts as follows:
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Section 1. Sections 3.1(b) and (c), 3.2(b) and (c) and 3.3
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of the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A
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further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a
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board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the
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regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,'
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approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and
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three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of
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pilots," amended October 7, 2010 (P.L.502, No.71), are amended
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to read:
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Section 3.1. For services rendered on and after January 1,
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1990, retroactively, the rates of pilotage for conducting a
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vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a place on the Delaware
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River or Bay no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge
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between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey, or
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from a place on the river Delaware no further upriver than the
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Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
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Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware, in either
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case, shall be computed as follows:
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(b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:
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$12.36 per unit |
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$12.36 per unit |
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$12.61 per unit |
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$12.86 per unit] |
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$12.86 per unit |
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$13.25 per unit |
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$13.64 per unit |
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$14.05 per unit |
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(c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and
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a maximum unit charge as follows:
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units] |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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Section 3.2. That every ship or vessel bound to the Delaware
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breakwater for orders shall be obliged to receive a pilot,
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provided she is spoken or a pilot offers his services, outside
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of a straight line drawn from Cape Henlopen Light to Cape May
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Light, and every ship or vessel bound to the breakwater for
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orders shall pay pilotage fees as follows: A sum equal to half
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the pilotage to the Port of Philadelphia, and she shall be
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obliged to take a pilot and pay the same pilotage fees when
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outward bound, from the breakwater, and if such ship or vessel,
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without discharging her pilot, proceed to the Port of
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Philadelphia or any other port or place on the bay or river
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Delaware, only one full pilotage fee as fixed by section 3.1 of
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this act, for the entire service, in addition to the fee for
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detention: Provided, however, That if the pilot bringing such
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ship or vessel to the breakwater be there discharged, and the
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ship or vessel afterward proceed to Philadelphia or any other
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port or place on the bay or river Delaware, she shall make the
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usual signal for a pilot and continue to make such signal till
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reaching Brandywine Light, and if spoken by, or offered the
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services of, a duly licensed Pennsylvania pilot before reaching
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Brandywine Light, shall be obliged to employ such pilot and pay
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him for services rendered on and after the effective date of
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this act, a charge computed as follows:
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(b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:
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$12.36 per unit |
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$12.36 per unit |
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$12.61 per unit |
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$12.86 per unit] |
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$12.86 per unit |
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$13.25 per unit |
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$13.64 per unit |
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$14.05 per unit |
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(c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and
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a maximum unit charge as follows:
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units] |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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1,400 units |
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Section 3.3. The following charges are hereby authorized for
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the services stated:
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(1) Ship communication charge: |
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[$220.00]
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(2) Transporting vessels in the Delaware: |
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750.00 |
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750.00 |
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750.00 |
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1,000.00 |
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(3) Extra services: |
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300.00 |
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300.00 |
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450.00
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600.00 |
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1,000.00 |
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1,000.00 |
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Vessels entering the Capes for anchorage at the Breakwater for
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other than tide shall pay one-half pilotage in and one-half
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pilotage out.
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(4) Chesapeake and Delaware Canal: |
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1,000.00 |
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1,500.00 |
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(5) Cancellation of sailing orders: |
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600.00 |
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Any time a pilot is dispatched for sailing and the trip or
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movement is canceled, for reason other than weather, the vessel
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shall be subject to this charge, except when the Pilot Office is
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notified as follows:
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All piers north of Hog Island |
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1 1/2 hours before sailing |
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All piers north of Paulsboro |
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2 hours before sailing time. |
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All piers south of the above |
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3 hours before sailing time. |
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(6) Finance charge:
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A finance charge not to exceed one and one-half per centum
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per month or fraction thereof may be assessed against all
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invoices outstanding more than thirty days after the billing
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date, and the cost of attorney fees on any amount placed with an
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attorney for collection may also be charged.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.