Regular Session 2019-2020 House Bill 1166 P.N. 1344

PRINTER'S NO. 1344

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1166

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY JOZWIAK, GALLOWAY, BARRAR, FARRY, NEILSON, GAYDOS,

FRITZ, STAATS, TOEPEL, DiGIROLAMO, KINSEY, THOMAS, RADER,

DRISCOLL AND T. DAVIS, APRIL 9, 2019

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, APRIL 9, 2019

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A

further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a

board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the

regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,'

approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and

three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of

pilots," further providing for rates of pilotage and

computation, for pilotage fees and unit charge and for

charges for services.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3(1) of the act of May

11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A further supplement to an

act, entitled 'An act to establish a board of wardens for the

Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pilots and

pilotage, and for other purposes,' approved March twenty-ninth,

one thousand eight hundred and three, and for regulating the

rates of pilotage and number of pilots," are amended to read:

Section 3.1. For services rendered on and after January 1,

1990, retroactively, the rates of pilotage for conducting a

vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a place on the Delaware

River or Bay no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge

between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey, or

from a place on the river Delaware no further upriver than the

Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and

Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware, in either

case, shall be computed as follows:

(a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for

each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied

by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by one

hundred.

(a.1) For the purposes of this act, the following

definitions shall be applied:

"Extreme breadth" shall be the maximum breadth between the

outside of the shell platings of the vessel.

"Length overall" shall be the distance between the forward

and after extremities of the vessel.

"Measurements" shall be in feet and inches (United States).

Inches shall be converted as follows:

1" = .1 4" = .3 7" = .6 10" = .8

2" = .2 5" = .4 8" = .7 11" = .9

3" = .3 6" = .5 9" = .8

(b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:

[(v) Effective January 1, 2016.............. $14.05 per unit

(vi) Effective January 1, 2017.............. $14.05 per unit

(vii) Effective January 1, 2018............. $14.19 per unit]

(viii) Effective January 1, 2019............ $14.47 per unit

(ix) Effective January 1, 2020 ............. $14.61 per unit

(x) Effective January 1, 2021 .............. $14.76 per unit

(xi) Effective January 1, 2022 ............. $14.91 per unit

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a maximum unit charge as follows:

[(v) Effective January 1, 2016............. 1,400 units

(vi) Effective January 1, 2017.............. 1,450 units

(vii) Effective January 1, 2018............. 1,500 units]

(viii) Effective January 1, 2019............ 1,500 units

(ix) Effective January 1, 2020 ............. 1,550 units

(x) Effective January 1, 2021 .............. 1,550 units

(xi) Effective January 1, 2022 ............. 1,550 units

Section 3.2. That every ship or vessel bound to the Delaware

breakwater for orders shall be obliged to receive a pilot,

provided she is spoken or a pilot offers his services, outside

of a straight line drawn from Cape Henlopen Light to Cape May

Light, and every ship or vessel bound to the breakwater for

orders shall pay pilotage fees as follows: A sum equal to half

the pilotage to the Port of Philadelphia, and she shall be

obliged to take a pilot and pay the same pilotage fees when

outward bound, from the breakwater, and if such ship or vessel,

without discharging her pilot, proceed to the Port of

Philadelphia or any other port or place on the bay or river

Delaware, only one full pilotage fee as fixed by section 3.1 of

this act, for the entire service, in addition to the fee for

detention: Provided, however, That if the pilot bringing such

ship or vessel to the breakwater be there discharged, and the

ship or vessel afterward proceed to Philadelphia or any other

port or place on the bay or river Delaware, she shall make the

usual signal for a pilot and continue to make such signal till

reaching Brandywine Light, and if spoken by, or offered the

services of, a duly licensed Pennsylvania pilot before reaching

Brandywine Light, shall be obliged to employ such pilot and pay

him for services rendered on and after the effective date of

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this act, a charge computed as follows: