33-4A-31
Section 33-4A-31 Grounds for depriving pilot of branch. The commission may deprive any pilot
of his or her branch for a willful violation of his or her duties, or the orders or rules
of the commission, or for negligently losing or injuring any vessel in his or her charge;
or when laboring under mental derangement or when so addicted to habits of intoxication as
to be unfit to be entrusted with the charge of a vessel. Any bar pilot who fails to act as
such for three months, or absents himself or herself for 10 days at any one time from the
Bay or Harbor of Mobile without leave of the commissioners, may be deprived of his or her
branch. If, while a vessel in the Bay or Harbor of Mobile is in the charge of any civil officer
by virtue of process from any court of record in this state, any bar pilot, with knowledge
thereof, conducts or bar pilots the vessel out of the bay or harbor, he or she forfeits his
or her branch, and is forever disqualified from acting as a bar pilot, and forfeits a...
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33-4-46
Section 33-4-46 Grounds for depriving pilot of branch. The commission may deprive any pilot
of his branch for a willful violation of his duties, or the orders or regulation of the commissioners,
or for negligently losing or injuring any vessel in his charge; or when laboring under mental
derangement or when so addicted to habits of intoxication as to be unfit to be intrusted with
the charge of a vessel. Any pilot who fails to act as such for three months, or absents himself
for 10 days at any one time from the Bay or Harbor of Mobile without leave of the commissioners,
may be deprived of his branch. And if, while a vessel in the Bay or Harbor of Mobile is in
charge of any civil officer by virtue of process from any court of record in this state, any
pilot, with knowledge thereof, conducts or pilots such vessel out of the bay or harbor, he
forfeits his branch, and is forever disqualified from acting as a pilot, and forfeits such
sum of money as the jury may assess. (Acts 1931, No. 81,...
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33-4A-23
Section 33-4A-23 Issuance of license; possession and exhibition of license; oath of pilot.
The commission shall issue to each bar pilot licensed and branched by the commission an original
and a duplicate certificate of his or her appointment, competency, and authority to act as
a bar pilot, and as to the extent thereof, and shall reissue duplicate certificates from time
to time, as the occasion may require. The original and duplicate certificates shall be signed
by a majority of the commissioners or by the chair by the commission's direction. Each bay
or bar pilot holding a license or branch shall keep upon his or her person, when offering
his or her services to any vessel, his or her duplicate certificate and, upon demand of the
proper officer of the vessel, shall exhibit the same and allow the officer to inspect it.
Before issuing an original license or branch, the commissioners delivering the same to the
appointee shall require him or her to take and subscribe in writing an oath as...
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33-4-37
Section 33-4-37 Issuing licenses; possession and exhibition of licenses; oath of pilot. The
State Pilotage Commission shall issue to each pilot licensed and branched by them an original
and a duplicate certificate of his appointment, competency and authority to act as such pilot,
and as to the extent thereof, and shall reissue duplicate certificates from time to time,
as the occasion may require. Such original and duplicate certificates shall be signed by a
majority of the commissioners or by their chairman by their direction. Each bay or bar pilot
holding a license or branch must keep upon his person, when offering his services to any vessel,
his duplicate certificate and must, upon demand of the proper officer of the vessel, exhibit
the same and allow such officer to inspect it. Before issuing an original license or branch,
the commissioners delivering the same to the appointee shall require him to take and subscribe
in writing an oath as follows, to be administered by such...
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33-4A-33
Section 33-4A-33 Pay of pilots - Generally. (a) The master, owner, agent, or operator of any
ship or vessel shall pay the bar pilot who conducts a vessel into or out of the Bay or Harbor
of Mobile a fee to be fixed by the commission at the rate of thirty-eight dollars ($38) per
draft foot for actual draft of water at the time of pilotage for every vessel crossing the
outer bar of Mobile Bay. The minimum pilot fee shall be computed on a minimum of 15 feet regardless
of whether or not the vessel has a draft of less than 15 feet at the time of pilotage. (b)
In addition to the pilotage fee based on the draft of the vessel, the bar pilot shall also
be paid a pilotage fee for every vessel crossing the outer bar of Mobile Bay in the sum of
six and one-quarter cents ($0.0625) per ton. The minimum pilot fee shall be computed on a
minimum of 6,500 maximum registered gross tons, regardless of whether or not the vessel has
a maximum registered gross tonnage of less than 6,500 maximum registered...
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33-4-48
Section 33-4-48 Pay of pilots - Generally. (a) The master, owner, agent, or operator of any
ship or vessel shall pay the pilot who conducts a vessel into or out of the Bay or Harbor
of Mobile a fee to be fixed by the State Pilotage Commission at the following rate for actual
draft of water at the time of pilotage for every vessel crossing the outer bar of Mobile Bay:
Effective January 1, 2010, the sum of thirty-one dollars ($31) per draft foot; effective January
1, 2014, the sum of thirty-three dollars ($33) per draft foot; effective January 1, 2015,
the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35) per draft foot; and effective January 1, 2016, and thereafter,
the sum of thirty-seven dollars ($37) per draft foot. The minimum pilot fee shall be computed
on a minimum of 15 feet regardless of whether or not the vessel has a draft of less than 15
feet at the time of pilotage. (b) In addition to the pilotage fee based on the draft of the
vessel, there shall also be paid to the pilots the following...
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33-7-12
Section 33-7-12 Mobile Harbor - Master of vessel drawing more than 12 feet passing channel
without permit, etc. Any master or person in charge of any vessel drawing more than 12 feet
of water which may enter into the dredged channel between the upper limits of the Port of
Mobile and the outer bar of the Bay or Harbor of Mobile without a permit from the harbor master,
or in violation of the rules and regulations of the State Pilotage Commission of the Port
and Harbor of Mobile, is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile County or any
other court of competent jurisdiction, and shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $10,000.00,
and may also be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than 10 years. (Code 1886, §4139;
Code 1896, §5408; Code 1907, §7871; Code 1923, §5606; Code 1940, T. 38, §114.)...
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33-4-56
Section 33-4-56 Delivery of orders and letters by pilot. It is the duty of every outer-bar
pilot to deliver to the master of any and every vessel approaching the Bay or Harbor of Mobile,
as soon as he can board such vessel, all orders and letters which may be sent him for that
purpose, on the person who requires the delivery of such letters paying or securing to the
pilot $20.00 for such service, unless the pilot so employed to deliver such orders and letters
is engaged as pilot for the vessel, in which event he is entitled to $5.00 for such service.
(Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154, §35; Code 1940, T. 38, §80.)...
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33-4-50
Section 33-4-50 Pay of pilots - Fees of pilots detained on vessels. If the master of any vessel
retains a pilot on board, the wind and weather permitting her going to sea, the pilot is entitled
to $50.00 for every day of such detention. If a master carries off a pilot from the Bay or
Harbor of Mobile, he must pay him $50.00 for every day of such absence and supply him with
such provisions as is usual for the maintenance of masters, and first class transportation
back to Mobile, Alabama, the master as well as the owner being liable therefor, unless the
vessel has laid to for the space of four hours after crossing the bar, and no pilot boat appears
to receive the pilot on board. (Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154, §39; Code 1940, T. 38, §81; Acts
1959, No. 334, p. 927, §1.)...
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33-4A-27
Section 33-4A-27 Suspension or revocation of license - Notice; hearing. For any violation by
any bar pilot of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the rules established by
the commission under the authority conferred upon the commission by this chapter, or under
any authority which may be hereafter conferred upon the commission, the commission may suspend
or revoke the license or branch of a bar pilot so violating the law or rules of the commission.
The secretary of the commission shall notify the bar pilot in writing of the specific charge
preferred against him or her, 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 the offense,
and, by direction of the commission, shall fix the time for hearing of the charges not less
than five nor more than 30 days from the date of the notice. At the time and place set forth
in the notice, the bar pilot may appear in person or by counsel,...
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