33-4A-26
Section 33-4A-26 Bond of pilot - Preserving bonds, etc.; new bonds; actions on bonds; liabilty.
(a) The commissioners shall preserve on file all bonds and affidavits taken from bar pilots,
and, whenever they consider it necessary, may require a new bond to be executed. The bar pilot's
bond stands as security for any injury caused by the negligence or want of skill of the bar
pilot, and action may be brought thereon in the name of any person aggrieved. (b) A bar pilot
or apprentice providing bar pilot services to a vessel is not liable for more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for damage or loss to any person or property caused by the bar pilot's or
apprentice's error, omission, fault, or neglect in the performance of the bar pilot services,
unless one of the following applies: (1) The damage or loss was caused because of the willful,
intentional, or reckless misconduct of the bar pilot or apprentice. (2) Liability exists for
exemplary or punitive damages for willful, intentional, or...
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33-4A-21
Section 33-4A-21 Examination and certification. Before an applicant is branched or licensed,
the commission shall prepare in writing suitable questions to test his or her knowledge and
competency to become a bar pilot. The applicant, without any aid from any other person and
without having been informed as to what question would be propounded, shall answer the questions.
When the applicant has reduced his or her answers to writing, the applicant shall sign the
same and deliver them to one of the commissioners, and the commission shall cause the answers
to be copied legibly, but without the name of the applicant. The commission shall then appoint
three fair, impartial, and competent nautical persons as a committee to examine the answers
of the applicant. The applicant or applicants may name one of these, the existing pilots name
another, and the commission, or a majority of them, shall name the third. The committee shall
examine the copies of the answers of applicants and shall endorse...
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33-4-35
Section 33-4-35 Examination and certification generally. Before an applicant is branched or
licensed, the commission must prepare in writing suitable questions to test his knowledge
and competency to become such pilot, who, without any aid from any other person and without
having been informed as to what question would be propounded to him, shall answer such questions.
When the applicant has reduced his answers to writing, he shall sign the same and deliver
them to one of the commissioners, and the commission must cause such answers to be copied
legibly, but without the name of the applicant. The commission shall then appoint three fair,
impartial and competent nautical men as a committee to examine the answers of the applicants.
The applicant or applicants may name one of these, the existing pilots name another, and the
commission, or a majority of them, shall name the third. The committee shall examine the copies
of the answers of applicants and shall endorse upon the answer of such...
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33-4-41
Section 33-4-41 Revocation or suspension of license for cause - Generally. For any violation
by any pilot of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations
established by the commission under the authority conferred upon the said commission by the
provisions of this chapter, or under any authority which may be hereafter conferred upon said
commission, the said commission may suspend or revoke the license or branch of such pilot
so violating the law or such rules and regulations of said commission. The secretary of said
commission shall notify such pilot in writing of the specific charge preferred against him,
specifying with reasonable certainty the law or rule or regulation violated, the manner in
which the same was violated, and the time and place of such offense, and shall by direction
of the commission fix the time for hearing of said charges not less than five nor more than
30 days from the date of such notice. At the time and place set forth in said...
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33-4A-20
Section 33-4A-20 Branching or licensing criteria. To be eligible to be branched or licensed
as the next bar pilot, a person shall meet all of the following criteria at the time of branching
or licensing: (1) The person shall be the senior apprentice, with seniority to be determined
by date of satisfactory completion of all of the following requirements to be a bar pilot
except the written examination given by the commission. (2) The person shall be a citizen
of the United States of America or legally present in this state. (3) The person shall be
of good moral character. (4) The person shall have completed satisfactorily all requirements
of the apprenticeship. (5) The person shall be a graduate of a four-year college or university
accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education,
or have a bachelor of science degree from a nationally recognized maritime academy. (6) The
person shall hold and have the following current United States Coast...
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33-4-47
Section 33-4-47 Penalty for acting without license. Any person who pilots a foreign vessel,
or an American vessel under register, or any other vessel subject to the payment of pilotage
fees under the provisions of this chapter, entering or leaving the Port of Mobile, in or out
of the Bay of Mobile or over the outer bar thereof, without a license from the State Pilotage
Commission, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is entitled to no fee or reward for such services
and, upon conviction of such misdemeanor, shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more
than $500.00 for each offense and shall be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period
of not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days. (Acts 1935, No. 503, p. 1083, §1; Acts
1936, Ex. Sess., No. 42, p. 25, §1; Code 1940, T. 38, §73.)...
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33-4A-32
Section 33-4A-32 Penalty for acting without license. Any person who pilots a foreign vessel,
or an American vessel under register, or any other vessel subject to the payment of pilotage
fees under this chapter, entering or leaving the Port of Mobile, in or out of the Bay of Mobile
or over the outer bar thereof, without a license from the commission, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. (Act 2019-162, §32.)...
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33-4-11
Section 33-4-11 Authority to make rules and regulations, etc. The State Pilotage Commission
shall have the power and authority to make all necessary rules and regulations, regulating
the piloting of ships and all watercrafts into and out of any harbor or seaport in the State
of Alabama. The State Pilotage Commission shall also have the power and authority to require
evidence of the physical and mental fitness of any active bar pilot at any time and to make
rules and regulations regarding the physical and mental capacity of such active bar pilots.
(Acts 1931, No. 611, p. 756, §1; Code 1940, T. 38, p 55; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 104, p.
2024, §2.)...
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33-4A-13
Section 33-4A-13 Rulemaking authority. The commission shall have the power and authority to
make all necessary rules and regulations regulating the piloting of ships and all watercrafts
into and out of any harbor or seaport in the Port of Mobile. The commission shall also have
the power and authority to require evidence of the physical and mental fitness of any active
bar pilot at any time and to make rules and regulations regarding the physical and mental
capacity and fitness of the active bar pilots. (Act 2019-162, §13.)...
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33-4A-36
Section 33-4A-36 Pay of pilots - No discrimination or rebating of pilot's fees. There shall
be no discrimination among vessels subject to the payment of pilotage fees, and any person
who rebates any pilotage fees or seeks a rebate of pilotage fees or in any manner creates
or aids in creating any scheme or plan by which a discrimination is effected in favor of any
vessel or the owners, masters, or operators thereof shall be subject to discipline by the
commission, including, without limitation, having his or her license or branch revoked. (Act
2019-162, §36.)...
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