GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 857

Short Title:  Compulsory Use of Pilots.  	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Redwine.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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April 12, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE COMPULSORY USE OF PILOTS IN THE CAPE FEAR RIVER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 76A-16 reads as rewritten:
"§ 76A-16.  Compulsory use of pilots.
Every foreign vessel and every U.S. vessel sailing under register, including such vessels towing or being towed when underway in the Cape Fear River and Bar and over 60 gross tons, shall employ and take a State-licensed pilot.  Any master of a vessel violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor except as provided for in G.S. 76A-18."
Sec. 2.  The Cape Fear River Navigation and Pilotage Commission shall adopt rules for the licensing and employment of any person engaged as a docking master on the Cape Fear River on the effective date of this act.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.