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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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33-4-34
Section 33-4-34 Application for license, etc., to be in writing accompanied by certificate
and affidavit; branching or licensing according to seniority. A person, to be eligible to
be branched or licensed as the next bar pilot, shall meet all of the following criteria at
the time of branching or licensing: (1) Shall be the senior apprentice, with seniority to
be determined by date of satisfactory completion of all requirements to be a pilot except
the written examination given by the State Pilotage Commission. (2) Must be a citizen of the
United States of America or legally present in this state. (3) Shall be of good moral character.
(4) Shall have completed satisfactorily all requirements of the apprenticeship. (5) Shall
hold and have the following current United States Coast Guard licenses and experience: a.
Either (i) an unlimited second mate of oceans license with one year's experience as third
mate, or (ii) a master license of freight or motor vessel of 1,600 gross tons with one...
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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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33-4A-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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33-4A-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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33-4A-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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33-4A-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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