Senate Bill, No. 515

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

“SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 103 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—

In determining the eligibility of applicants for consideration for appointment to any status as pilot candidate or for a warrant or full branch pilot commission, the pilot commission shall adopt regulations allowing applicants who are members of any uniformed service of the United States, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or NOAA Officer Corps, to apply as credit any time during which the applicant has served on active duty and the time accrued shall be applied as experience toward the applicant’s required experience. Military sea service in command of a vessel shall be applied as credit toward any requirements for service in the capacity of master. Military sea service as second-in-command of a vessel shall be applied as credit toward any requirements for service in the capacity of chief mate. Military sea service in a capacity as an officer in charge of a navigational bridge watch shall be applied as credit toward any sea service requirements other than those in the capacity of master of chief mate. No person’s status as a veteran or as a military reservist, and no person’s susceptibility to recall to military active duty, shall diminish his eligibility for selection for pilot candidate training or for warrant or full branch pilot commission.

SECTION 2. Section 31 of said chapter 103, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:—

Rates of pilotage outward and inward for the port of Boston, calculated per foot of draught, shall be as follows:

for vessels 3,500 gross tons or under $50.06

for vessels 3,501 to 7,000 gross tons $65.30

for vessels, 7,001 to 15,000 gross tons $74.26

for vessels 15,001 to 25,000 gross tons $77.76

for vessels 25,001 to 35,000 gross tons $79.49

for vessels 35,001 to 45,000 gross tons $81.71

for vessels 45,001 to 55,000 gross tons $87.78

for vessels 55,001 to 70,000 gross tons $92.78

for vessels 70,001 to 85,000 gross tons $99.46

for vessels over 85,000 gross tons $106.13.”

SENATE, No. 515

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT relative to rates of pilotage