<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-101" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Association” means the Association of Maryland Pilots.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Board” means the State Board of Pilots.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>“License” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by the Board to provide pilotage.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“License” includes, unless the context requires otherwise, a limited license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>“Licensed pilot” means a pilot who is licensed by the Board to provide pilotage.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Licensed pilot” includes the holder of a limited license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>“Limited license” means a license issued by the Board to provide pilotage as limited by § 11–407 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Limited license” includes a 40–foot–draft limited license, a 36–foot–draft limited license, and a 32–foot–draft limited license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Pilot” means an individual who provides pilotage.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Pilot-in-training” means an individual who is engaged in training, under the supervision of a licensed pilot, to provide pilotage.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>“Provide pilotage” means to pilot a vessel under the provisions of this title when the vessel is underway on the navigable waters of the State, including when the vessel is towing or being towed by another vessel.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Provide pilotage” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>maneuvering a vessel during berthing or unberthing operations; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>shifting a vessel within a port with tug assistance.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-201" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <text>There is a State Board of Pilots in the Department.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-202" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Board consists of 9 members.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Of the 9 members of the Board:</text> <level label="i"> <text>1 shall be the Secretary, as an ex officio member, or a designee of the Secretary;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>1 shall be the President of the Association;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>3 shall be retired or licensed pilots who have at least 5 years’ experience providing pilotage;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>2 shall be members of the steamship industry who actively employ pilots;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>1 shall be a representative of the ship docking tugboat industry in the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore; and</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>1 shall be a consumer member.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Governor shall appoint each member under paragraph (2)(iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) of this subsection with the advice of the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A designee of the Secretary:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may not be or ever have been employed in the shipping or maritime industry; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may not have or ever have had a financial interest in the shipping or maritime industry.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The consumer member of the Board:</text> <level label="1"> <text>shall be a member of the general public;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may not be or ever have been employed or have or ever have had a financial interest in the shipping or maritime industry;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>may not be a licensee or otherwise be subject to regulation by the Board;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>may not, within 1 year before appointment, have had a financial interest in or have received compensation from a person regulated by the Board; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>may not be required to meet the qualifications for the professional members of the Board.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>While a member of the Board, the consumer member may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>have a financial interest in or receive compensation from a person regulated by the Board; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>grade any examination given by or for the Board.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>The term of an appointed member is 2 years and begins on June 1.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The terms of appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on October 1, 1989.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>An appointed member may not serve more than 2 terms consecutively.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The Governor may remove a member for incompetence or misconduct.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection and subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, a member shall be considered to have resigned who has been appointed to the Board by the Governor if the member did not attend at least two–thirds of the Board meetings held during any consecutive 12–month period while the member was serving on the Board.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Governor may waive a member’s resignation and allow the member to continue serving if the member has been unable to attend meetings for reasons satisfactory to the Governor and the reasons are made public.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>In accordance with § 8–501 of the State Government Article, the chairperson shall provide notice to the Governor and the Governor shall appoint a successor.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-203" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <text>From among the members of the Board, the Governor shall appoint a chairperson.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-204" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>A majority of the authorized membership of the Board is a quorum.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board shall determine the times and places of its meetings.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and to the State budget, each member of the Board is entitled to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>compensation of $500 per year, to be paid out of money that the Board collects; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary or designee of the Secretary is not entitled to compensation under this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Board may employ a staff in accordance with the State budget.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-205" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>In addition to any powers set forth elsewhere, the Board may adopt regulations and pass orders to govern and regulate licensed pilots.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Board shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>adopt a seal; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>be responsible for safety in providing pilotage.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-206" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>The Board shall receive all fees and other charges collectible under §§ 11–406 and 11–408 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board shall pay all money collected under this title into the General Fund of the State.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The compensation of the Board and reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations shall be as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-207" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <text>The Board exercises its powers, duties, and functions subject to the authority of the Secretary.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-208" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>There is an incident committee within the Board.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The chairperson of the Board shall appoint one pilot member of the Board and one steamship industry member of the Board to the incident committee.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The incident committee shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>review all complaints filed with the Board and all reports of incidents filed by a licensed pilot; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>make a recommendation to the full Board on the disposition of each matter.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Before making a recommendation, the incident committee may request the Department to appoint an individual with experience in the investigation of maritime casualties to prepare a report on the underlying facts of a complaint or incident arising under § 11-409(a)(5) of this title.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-301" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Apprentice Pilots"> <text>An individual shall be appointed by the Board before the individual may serve as a pilot-in-training.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-302" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Apprentice Pilots"> <text>The Board shall keep a list of all applicants who qualify to be pilots-in-training.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-303" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Apprentice Pilots"> <text>To be included on the list of applicants who qualify to be pilots-in-training, an applicant shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>be at least 21 years old;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provide the Board with proof of recent satisfactory completion of the physical requirements for a first-class pilot license, as determined by the U.S. Coast Guard;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>agree to participate in a U.S. Coast Guard approved random drug testing program;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>have one or more of the following maritime credentials:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a degree from a 4-year course of study at an accredited maritime institution acceptable to the Board, and a current license as third mate, or greater grade, of steam and motor vessels, any gross tons upon oceans;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a current license as a master of steam and motor vessels, any gross tons upon oceans, that is issued by the U.S. Coast Guard and that contains an appropriate radar endorsement; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the maritime industry working on vessels in the deck department as a licensed master or mate on tugs or inspected vessels, of which at least 2 years’ experience shall be as the master of a ship-assist harbor tug; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>pass any mental or physical examination that the Board requires to verify that the applicant is mentally and physically capable of providing pilotage.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-304" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Apprentice Pilots"> <text>An applicant for appointment as a pilot-in-training shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>submit to the Board an application on the form that the Board provides; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pay to the Board an application fee set by the Board.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-305" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Apprentice Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>The Board shall place the name of each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle on the list of qualified applicants.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>From the list of qualified applicants, the Board may choose and appoint the number of pilots-in-training that the Board considers necessary to protect the commercial interests of the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-306" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Apprentice Pilots"> <text>Appointment as a pilot-in-training authorizes the individual to engage in training, under the supervision of a licensed pilot, to provide pilotage.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-401" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may provide pilotage in the State.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An individual may provide pilotage to a vessel in distress until a licensed pilot comes on board and offers to provide pilotage.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who provides pilotage without a license is liable for any damages that result.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-402" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, the Board may issue:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a license;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a 40–foot–draft limited license;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a 36–foot–draft limited license; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a 32–foot–draft limited license.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-403" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>To qualify for a limited license, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An applicant shall have trained as a pilot–in–training for at least 2 years.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>An applicant shall possess sufficient ability, skill, and experience for a 32–foot–draft limited license, a 36–foot–draft limited license, or a 40–foot–draft limited license as determined by the Board through observation of the applicant’s performance providing pilotage.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An applicant shall meet any other requirements that the Board establishes.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-404" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>To qualify for an unlimited license, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An applicant who did not hold a limited license prior to October 1, 2004, shall have held a limited license and have provided pilotage for at least 3 years.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>An applicant shall possess sufficient ability, skill, and experience for the unlimited license as determined by the Board through observation of the applicant’s performance providing pilotage.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An applicant shall meet any other requirements that the Board establishes.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-405" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>To apply for a license, an applicant shall submit to the Board an application on the form that the Board provides.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-406" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>If an applicant qualifies for a license under this subtitle, the Board shall send the applicant a notice that states that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the applicant has qualified for a license; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Board will issue the appropriate license to an applicant on receipt of a license fee of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$600 for an unlimited license;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$300 for a 40–foot–draft limited license;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>$300 for a 36–foot–draft limited license; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>$200 for a 32–foot–draft limited license.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>On payment of the license fee, the Board shall issue an appropriate license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Board shall seal each license that the Board issues with its official seal.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-406.1" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>An individual who holds an unlimited docking master license as of September 30, 2004, shall be issued an unlimited license upon completion of an application on the form that the Board provides.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board shall set by regulation the training and experience requirements that must be met before a pilot who previously held a docking master license may be assigned work in addition to the berthing and unberthing of vessels with tug assistance and the shifting of a vessel within a port with tug assistance.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Board shall set by regulation the training and experience requirements that must be met before a pilot who previously provided pilotage service as defined in § 11-101(i)(1) of this title may be assigned work that includes the berthing and unberthing of vessels with tug assistance or the shifting of a vessel within a port with tug assistance.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-407" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>While an unlimited license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to provide pilotage for vessels of any draft.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>While a 40–foot–draft limited license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to provide pilotage for vessels not exceeding 40–foot–draft.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>While a 36–foot–draft limited license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to provide pilotage for vessels not exceeding 36–foot–draft.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>While a 32–foot–draft limited license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to provide pilotage for vessels not exceeding 32–foot–draft.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-408" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>A license shall be effective for 2 years from the date it is issued.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>At least 1 month before a license expires, the Board shall mail or electronically transmit to the licensee:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a renewal application form; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a notice that states:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the date on which the current license expires; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the amount of the renewal fee.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If an electronic transmission under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Board shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, the materials required under paragraph (1) of this subsection within 10 business days of the date the Board received the notice that the electronic transmission was undeliverable.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Before a license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2–year term, if the licensee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>otherwise is entitled to be licensed;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pays to the Board a renewal fee of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$600 for an unlimited license;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$300 for a 40–foot–draft limited license;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>$300 for a 36–foot–draft limited license; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>$200 for a 32–foot–draft limited license; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board provides.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Board shall renew the license of a licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-409" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-410 of this subtitle, the Board may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>under the laws of the United States or of any state, is convicted of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a felony; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a misdemeanor that is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to provide pilotage;</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>pilots or attempts to pilot a vessel while under the influence of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>alcohol;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>narcotics; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>any other substance that impairs the physical or mental ability of the pilot to perform in a safe manner;</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>pilots a vessel in a negligent or reckless manner;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>anchors a vessel during a pilotage transit unless:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the anchorage was ordered by the master of the vessel; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the anchorage was necessary for reasons of safety or prudent navigation;</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>violates the conflict-of-interest provisions of § 11-603 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>violates any regulation adopted by the Board; or</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>violates any order passed by the Board.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-410 of this subtitle, the Board shall revoke the license of any pilot who does not provide pilotage for 1 year.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board may not revoke a license under this subsection if the failure of the pilot to provide pilotage was due to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>sickness of the pilot; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>assignment to administrative duties.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-410 of this subtitle, the Board shall revoke the license of a pilot who, after receiving notice, refuses to aid a vessel in distress:</text> <level label="1"> <text>within 18 nautical miles south of Cape Henry;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>within 18 nautical miles east of Cape Henry;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>in the Chesapeake Bay; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>in the ports of Maryland.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Instead of or in addition to suspending or revoking a license under subsection (a) of this section, the Board may impose a penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each violation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>To determine the amount of the penalty imposed under this subsection, the Board shall consider:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the harm caused by the violation;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the good faith of the licensee; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>any history of previous violations by the licensee.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Board shall consider the following facts in the granting, denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of a license or the reprimand of a licensee when an applicant or licensee is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor described in subsection (a)(3) of this section:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the nature of the crime;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the relationship of the crime to the activities authorized by the license;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>with respect to a felony, the relevance of the conviction to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to provide pilotage;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the length of time since the conviction; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the behavior and activities of the applicant or licensee before and after the conviction.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-410" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Board takes any final action under § 11-409 of this subtitle, it shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Board.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Board may administer oaths in connection with any proceeding under this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If, after due notice, the individual against whom the action is contemplated fails or refuses to appear, nevertheless the Board may hear and determine the matter.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-411" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Board in a contested case, as defined in § 10-202 of the State Government Article, may take an appeal as allowed in §§ 10-222 and 10-223 of the State Government Article.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-501" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>Each American vessel engaged in foreign trade and each foreign vessel shall employ a licensed pilot to pilot the vessel when it is underway on the navigable waters of the State, including when the vessel is towing or being towed by another vessel.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>In this subsection, “recreational vessel” means a vessel manufactured or operated for the pleasure of the user or that is leased, rented, or chartered to another for the pleasure of the lessor, renter, or charterer, as set forth in 46 U.S.C. § 2101.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A recreational vessel may not be required to employ a licensed pilot to pilot the vessel when underway on the navigable waters of the State if the vessel:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is both less than 200 feet in overall length and has less than a 12–foot draft;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>except for pleasure use charters, is not engaged in a commercial service, as defined in 46 U.S.C. § 2101;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is not carrying a passenger for hire, as defined in 46 U.S.C. § 2101; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>possesses a cruising license issued in accordance with 19 C.F.R. § 4.94.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A vessel that is not required to employ a licensed pilot under subsection (a) of this section may voluntarily employ a licensed pilot when the vessel is underway on the navigable waters of the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-502" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>The Public Service Commission shall establish pilotage fees in accordance with § 4–303 of the Public Utilities Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Regardless of whether the employment is required under § 11–501(a) of this subtitle or voluntary under § 11–501(c) of this subtitle, a vessel that employs a licensed pilot to provide pilotage shall pay the licensed pilot the full pilotage fee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Regardless of whether the vessel uses the services of the pilot for the entire pilotage, a vessel that employs a licensed pilot to provide pilotage shall pay the licensed pilot the full pilotage fee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Notwithstanding any contract between a licensed pilot who has provided pilotage for a vessel and the master, owner, charterer, or agent of the vessel or any other party, the vessel, its tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the master, owner, charterer, and agent of the vessel shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of the pilotage fee to the licensed pilot.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A licensed pilot who has provided pilotage for a vessel shall have a lien for the amount of the pilotage fee due, enforceable in a court of competent jurisdiction, on the vessel and its tackle, apparel, and furniture.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>If a vessel fails to employ a licensed pilot to provide pilotage as required under § 11–501(a) of this subtitle, the vessel and its master, owner, charterer, and agent shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of the full pilotage fee as if a licensed pilot had been employed.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-503" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <text>Pilotage fees due shall be paid to the Association as collection agent for its members.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-504" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>A pilot is eligible for payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:</text> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been, for at least 25 years:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a member in good standing of the Association; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft; or</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>has been certified by two physicians chosen by the Board to be permanently incapable of providing pilotage; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has had a federal or State pilot’s license revoked for physical disability; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>before becoming permanently disabled, the pilot was:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a member in good standing of the Association; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of any draft.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A pilot is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:</text> <level label="1"> <text>chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has been, for at least 20 years:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a member in good standing of the Association; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Eligibility for payments as an inactive pilot shall cease if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a pilot who was declared permanently incapable of providing pilotage becomes capable of providing pilotage; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a pilot who had a federal or State pilot’s license revoked for physical disability has the license reissued.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Time of service as a licensed docking master on or before September 30, 2004, shall be included in determining a pilot’s eligibility for payment as an inactive pilot.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A pilot who held an unlimited docking master license on October 1, 2000, is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:</text> <level label="1"> <text>chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has been, for at least 5 years:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a member in good standing of the Association or of the Association of Maryland Docking Pilots; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-505" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>Each month, the Association shall distribute the pilotage fees that the Association collects in the following order:</text> <level label="1"> <text>within 10 days after the close of each month, the Association shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>account to the Board for that month for the amount determined under subsections (b) and (c) of this section for distribution to the pilots who, at the beginning of that month, were eligible for payments as inactive pilots; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>distribute that money on behalf of the Board; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the balance of the pilotage fees collected shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>first, used by the Association to pay its expenses;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>second, paid to the Maintenance and Replacement Fund under § 11–506 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>finally, in accordance with the bylaws of the Association, paid to the regularly working licensed pilots who are members in good standing of the Association.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The amount to be distributed by the Association on behalf of the Board to eligible inactive pilots described under § 11–504(a) of this subtitle shall be computed by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>determining the greater of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$200; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>40% of the share payable under this subtitle for the month for which the payment is to be made to a regularly working licensed pilot; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>multiplying the figure determined under item (1) of this subsection by the number of pilots in the Association who, at the beginning of the month for which the payment is to be made, were eligible for payments as inactive pilots under this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The amount to be distributed by the Association on behalf of the Board to eligible inactive pilots described under § 11–504(b) of this subtitle shall be computed as follows:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for each pilot determining the greater of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$200; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <level label="1"> <text>32% of the share payable under this subtitle for the month for which the payment is to be made to a regularly working licensed pilot; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="1"> <text>6% of the share payable under this subtitle for the month for which the payment is to be made to a regularly working licensed pilot in addition for each year of service in excess of 20 years and up to 25 years; and</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>totaling the sums determined under item (1) of this subsection for each pilot in the Association who, at the beginning of the month for which the payment is to be made, was eligible for payment as an inactive pilot under this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The amount to be distributed by the Association on behalf of the Board to eligible inactive pilots described under § 11–504(e) of this subtitle shall be 1.6% of the share payable under this subtitle for the month for which the payment is to be made to a regularly working licensed pilot for each full year of service following October 1, 2000.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-506" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>The Board of Supervisors of the Association shall maintain a Maintenance and Replacement Fund for the replacement and repair of the major equipment of the Association.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The State Board of Pilots shall determine a percentage of the pilotage fees collected by the Association to be set aside in the Fund.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Board of Supervisors of the Association shall obtain written approval from the State Board of Pilots for any expenditures from the Fund.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the balance in the Fund shall remain at or above $500,000.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The balance of the Fund may fall below $500,000 for expenditures authorized by the Board.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The balance of the Fund may not remain below $500,000 for more than 10 consecutive years.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>At no time shall the balance of the Fund fall below $100,000.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Board of Supervisors of the Association shall deposit the money authorized under subsection (b) of this section into the Maintenance and Replacement Fund.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>The Board of Supervisors of the Association shall hold the Maintenance and Replacement Fund in trust.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Association:</text> <level label="i"> <text>may invest or hold the Fund in any manner that the Association finds desirable, in light of the nature and purpose of the Fund;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>may place control and management of the Fund, or a part of the Fund, with a bank or trust company that is subject to State or federal regulation; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is not limited to investments in property that has been designated, under any law of the State, as strictly suitable for investment of a trust fund.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>Assets held in trust under this section are not subject to attachment or execution.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-507" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <text>If an individual who is not a licensed pilot assists a vessel in distress and then turns the vessel over to a licensed pilot as provided in § 11-401(b) of this title, the Association shall pay the individual 50% of any pilotage fee received for the pilotage of the vessel.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-508" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment and Compensation of Pilots"> <level label="a"> <text>The Association shall submit to the Board:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an annual financial audit of payments to pilots under § 11-505 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an annual financial audit of the Maintenance and Replacement Fund under § 11-506 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board shall keep copies of the financial audits received under subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-601" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>For purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the Department of the Environment shall prepare copies of the State regulations that govern the disposal of waste from vessels in the Chesapeake Bay.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Whenever a licensed pilot boards a vessel to provide pilotage, the licensed pilot shall present to the master of the vessel a copy of the State regulations that govern the disposal of waste from vessels in the Chesapeake Bay.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-602" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>If a licensed pilot is detained for any reason on a vessel that has employed the pilot to provide pilotage, the master of the vessel shall pay the cost of the pilot’s maintenance and the daily rate of pay for an unlimited license pilot as determined by the bylaws of the Association for each day the pilot is detained.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a licensed pilot is quarantined by order of a health officer because of conditions on a vessel that has employed the pilot to provide pilotage, the master of the vessel shall pay the pilot the cost of the pilot’s maintenance and the daily rate of pay for an unlimited license pilot as determined by the bylaws of the Association for each day that the pilot is quarantined.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If a master of a vessel carries a licensed pilot to sea under circumstances that are beyond the control of the pilot, the master shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>pay the pilot the daily rate of pay for an unlimited license pilot as determined by the bylaws of the Association until the return of the pilot;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provide first class accommodations and maintenance for the pilot; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>at the first opportunity, return the pilot by first class passage to the home port of the pilot.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The master, owner, charterer, and agent of a vessel shall be jointly and severally liable for any payments due under this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-603" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>A licensed pilot may not engage in conduct that constitutes a conflict of interest.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A conflict of interest exists in situations in which:</text> <level label="1"> <text>except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a licensed pilot solicits or accepts financial or other consideration of value from a tugboat, towing, vessel-assist, vessel-owning, or vessel-chartering company, or an agent or officer of that company, or from any other entity providing services in the port community;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a licensed pilot takes any action with the intent to benefit or harm the economic interests of a tugboat, towing, vessel-assist, vessel-owning, or vessel-chartering company, or any other entity providing services in the port community;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a licensed pilot allows personal financial interests to conflict with professional responsibilities;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a licensed pilot solicits business for a tugboat, towing, vessel-assist, vessel-owning, or vessel-chartering company, or any other entity providing services in the port community; or</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a licensed pilot discourages a person from engaging the services of a tugboat, towing, vessel-assist, vessel-owning, or vessel-chartering company, or any other entity providing services in the port community.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A conflict of interest does not exist in situations in which:</text> <level label="1"> <text>remuneration is paid to the pilot through the Association in return for the provision of pilotage services; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>there is an exchange of nominal social pleasantries between the licensed pilot and any entity providing services to the port community.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-701" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not provide, attempt to provide, or offer to provide pilotage in the State unless licensed by the Board.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-702" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>Unless authorized under this title to provide pilotage, a person may not represent to the public, by use of a title, including “pilot”, “bay pilot”, “licensed pilot”, “State licensed pilot”, or “Maryland pilot”, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized by the State to provide pilotage.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-703" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>After receiving notice, a licensed pilot may not refuse to aid a vessel that is in distress:</text> <level label="1"> <text>within 18 nautical miles south of Cape Henry;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>within 18 nautical miles east of Cape Henry;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>in the Chesapeake Bay; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>in ports of Maryland.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-703.1" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>A licensed pilot may not take part in a port-wide job action or strike. �</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-704" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>Unless a person is a licensed pilot, the person may not use a boat as a pilot boat.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-705" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>The master of a vessel may not fail to employ a pilot as required under § 11-501 of this title.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-706" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A licensed pilot who violates any provision of § 11-601(b) of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-801" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Short Title; Termination of Title"> <text>This title may be cited as the “Maryland Pilots Act”.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-802" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Short Title; Termination of Title"> <text>Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act, this title and all regulations adopted under this title shall terminate and be of no effect after July 1, 2032.</text> </section>