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WA Rev Code § 88.16.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.120 - Failure to observe pilotage rate—Penalty.

RCW 88.16.120 Failure to observe pilotage rate—Penalty.No pilot shall charge, collect or receive and no person, firm, corporation or association shall pay for pilotage or other services performed hereunder any greater, less or different amount, directly or indirectly, than the rates or charges herein established or subsequently established by the utilities and transportation commission under RCW 81.116.010 through 81.116.060 and by the board under this chapter. Any pilot, person, firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished pursuant to RCW 88.16.150 as now or hereafter amended, said prosecution to be conducted by the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of any county wherein the offense or any part thereof was committed.[ 2018 c 107 § 5; 1987 c 485 § 4; 1977 ex.s. c 337 § 13; 1967 c 15 § 4; 1935 c 18 § 6; RRS § 9871-6.]NOTES:Effective date—2018 c 107: See note following RCW 88.16.055.Severability—1977 ex.s. c 337: See note following RCW 88.16.005.
WA Rev Code § 88.16.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.130 - Unlicensed pilot liable for payment of rates—Penalty for refusing to employ licensed pilot.

RCW 88.16.130 Unlicensed pilot liable for payment of rates—Penalty for refusing to employ licensed pilot.Any person not holding a license as pilot under the provisions of this chapter who pilots any vessel subject to the provisions of this chapter on waters covered by this chapter shall pay to the board the pilotage rates established by the utilities and transportation commission under RCW 81.116.010 through 81.116.060. Any master or owner of a vessel required to employ a pilot licensed under the provisions of this chapter who refuses to do so when such a pilot is available shall be punished pursuant to RCW 88.16.150 as now or hereafter amended and shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county wherein he or she is so convicted until said fine and the costs of his or her prosecution are paid.[ 2018 c 107 § 6; 2013 c 23 § 533; 1977 ex.s. c 337 § 14; 1967 c 15 § 8; 1935 c 18 § 11; RRS § 9871-11. Prior: 1907 c 147 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2018 c 107: See note following RCW 88.16.055.Severability—1977 ex.s. c 337: See note following RCW 88.16.005.
WA Rev Code § 88.16.133 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.133 - Deviations from state law—Duty to submit pilot's report.

RCW 88.16.133 Deviations from state law—Duty to submit pilot's report.A master, pilot, or pilot trainee who deviates from the provisions of this chapter or Title 363 WAC in order to comply with any federal or international law or treaty, such as 46 U.S.C. Sec. 2304 et seq., or any other provision of law of the state, or who deviates in order to ensure the safety of the vessel or its crew under the control of the master, pilot, or pilot trainee, shall submit a pilot's report of marine safety occurrence as prescribed by the board of pilotage commissioners in WAC 363-116-200 in the case of a near-miss occurrence. If the deviation occurred while the vessel was operating under the control of a pilot or pilot trainee licensed in this state, then the report must be submitted by the pilot or pilot trainee with input provided by the master. The report must describe the circumstances leading to the deviation from the provisions of this chapter and the consequences of that deviation. If the consequences of the deviation include an incident as defined in WAC 363-116-200, then the pilot's report of marine safety occurrence must be submitted in addition to any reports required as a result of the incident. The board shall investigate the circumstances surrounding the deviation and, if the facts of the situation so warrant, may waive enforcement action against the master, pilot, or pilot trainee if the board finds that the deviation was: Taken in order to comply with any other law that may have precedence; required by the ordinary practice of seamen; or justified by the special circumstances of the case.[ 2008 c 128 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 88.16.135 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.135 - Assignment of pilots to vessels—Request that pilot not be assigned—Hearing on request.

RCW 88.16.135 Assignment of pilots to vessels—Request that pilot not be assigned—Hearing on request.Any ship operator or ship husbanding agent may submit a request in writing to the board that a particular pilot not be assigned to pilot that company's vessels. The request shall be based on specific safety concerns of the ship operator or ship husbanding agent.The board shall notify interested persons and hold a hearing on that request, and either approve or disapprove the request. If the request is approved, the board shall notify the affected pilot and give the pilot a specific list of vessels for which that pilot shall not provide pilotage services.[ 2008 c 128 § 12; 1987 c 485 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 88.16.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.140 - Pilot's lien for compensation.

RCW 88.16.140 Pilot's lien for compensation.Each vessel, its tackle, apparel and furniture and the owner thereof shall be jointly and severally liable for the compensation of any pilot employed thereon and such pilot shall have a lien upon such vessel, her tackle, apparel and furniture for such compensation.[ 1935 c 18 § 15; RRS § 9871-15. Prior: 1907 c 147 § 2; 1888 p 178 § 23.]
WA Rev Code § 88.16.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.150 - General penalty—Civil penalty—Jurisdiction—Disposition of fines—Failure to inform of special directions, gross misdemeanor.

RCW 88.16.150 General penalty—Civil penalty—Jurisdiction—Disposition of fines—Failure to inform of special directions, gross misdemeanor.(1) In all cases where no other penalty is prescribed in this chapter, any violation of this chapter or of any rule or regulation of the board shall be punished as a gross misdemeanor, and all violations may be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction in any county where the offense or any part thereof was committed. In any case where the offense was committed upon a ship, boat or vessel, and there is doubt as to the proper county, the same may be prosecuted in any county through any part of which the ship, boat or vessel passed, during the trip upon which the offense was committed. All fines collected for any violation of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the board shall within thirty days be paid by the official collecting the same to the state treasurer and shall be credited to the pilotage account: PROVIDED, That all fees, fines, forfeitures and penalties collected or assessed by a district court because of the violation of a state law shall be remitted as provided in chapter 3.62 RCW as now exists or is later amended.(2) Notwithstanding any other penalty imposed by this section, any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter, shall be liable to a maximum civil penalty of ten thousand dollars for each violation. The board may request the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county in which any violation of this chapter occurs to bring an action for imposing the civil penalties provided for in this subsection.Moneys collected from civil penalties shall be deposited in the pilotage account.(3) Any master of a vessel who shall knowingly fail to inform the pilot dispatched to said vessel or any agent, owner, or operator, who shall knowingly fail to inform the pilot dispatcher, or any dispatcher who shall knowingly fail to inform the pilot actually dispatched to said vessel of any special directions mandated by the coast guard captain of the port under authority of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, as amended, for the handling of such vessel shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 1995 c 174 § 2. Prior: 1987 c 485 § 5; 1987 c 202 § 247; 1977 ex.s. c 337 § 8; 1969 ex.s. c 199 § 41; 1967 c 15 § 7; 1935 c 18 § 10; RRS § 9871-10; prior: 1888 p 179 § 27.]NOTES:Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.Severability—1977 ex.s. c 337: See note following RCW 88.16.005.
WA Rev Code § 88.16.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.160 - Severability and short title.

RCW 88.16.160 Severability and short title.If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this chapter. This chapter may be cited as the "Pilotage Act."[ 1967 c 15 § 10; 1935 c 18 § 17; RRS § 9871-16.]
WA Rev Code § 88.16.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.180 - Oil tankers—State licensed pilot required.

RCW 88.16.180 Oil tankers—State licensed pilot required.Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 88.16.070, any registered oil tanker of five thousand gross tons or greater, shall be required:(1) To take a Washington state licensed pilot while navigating Puget Sound and adjacent waters and shall be liable for and pay pilotage rates pursuant to RCW 88.16.035; and(2) To take a licensed pilot while navigating the Columbia river.[ 1991 c 200 § 602; 1983 c 3 § 231; 1975 1st ex.s. c 125 § 2.]NOTES:Effective dates—1991 c 200: See RCW 90.56.901.Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 125: See notes following RCW 88.16.170.
WA Rev Code § 88.16.195 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.195 - Oil tankers—Not to exceed speed of escorting tug.

RCW 88.16.195 Oil tankers—Not to exceed speed of escorting tug.An oil tanker under escort of a tug or tugs pursuant to the provisions of RCW 88.16.190 shall not exceed the service speed of the tug or tugs that are escorting the oil tanker.[ 1990 c 116 § 26.]NOTES:Findings—Severability—1990 c 116: See notes following RCW 90.56.210.
WA Rev Code § 88.16.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.200 - Vessel designed to carry liquefied natural or petroleum gas to adhere to oil tanker provisions.

RCW 88.16.200 Vessel designed to carry liquefied natural or petroleum gas to adhere to oil tanker provisions.Any vessel designed for the purpose of carrying as its cargo liquefied natural or liquefied petroleum gas shall adhere to the provisions of RCW 88.16.190(2) as though it were an oil tanker.[ 2008 c 128 § 14; 1991 c 200 § 603; 1977 ex.s. c 337 § 16.]NOTES:Effective dates—1991 c 200: See RCW 90.56.901.Severability—1977 ex.s. c 337: See note following RCW 88.16.005.
WA Rev Code § 88.16.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.16 - Pilotage Act.|88.16.250 - Board of pilotage commissioners authorized to adopt rules—Grays Harbor pilotage district—Tug escort requirements/safety measures for certain oil tankers.

RCW 88.16.250 Board of pilotage commissioners authorized to adopt rules—Grays Harbor pilotage district—Tug escort requirements/safety measures for certain oil tankers.(1) The board of pilotage commissioners may adopt rules to implement this section. The rules may include tug escort requirements and other safety measures for oil tankers of greater than forty thousand deadweight tons, all articulated tug barges, and other towed waterborne vessels or barges within a two-mile radius of the Grays Harbor pilotage district as defined in RCW 88.16.050.(2)(a) Prior to proposing a draft rule, the board of pilotage commissioners must consult with the department of ecology, the United States coast guard, the Grays Harbor safety committee, area tribes, public ports, local governments, and other appropriate entities. The board of pilotage commissioners may not adopt rules under this section unless a state agency or a local jurisdiction, for a facility within Grays Harbor that is required to have a contingency plan pursuant to chapter 90.56 RCW:(i) Makes a final determination or issues a final permit after January 1, 2015, to site a new facility; or(ii) Provides authority to an existing facility to process or receive crude oil for the first time.(b) This subsection does not apply to a transmission pipeline or railroad facility.(3) A rule adopted under this section must:(a) Be designed to achieve best achievable protection as defined in RCW 88.46.010;(b) Ensure that any escort tugs used have an aggregate shaft horsepower equivalent to at least five percent of the deadweight tons of the escorted oil tanker or articulated tug barge; and(c) Ensure that escort tugs have sufficient mechanical capabilities to provide for safe escort.(4) The provisions adopted under this section may not include rules affecting pilotage. This section does not affect any existing authority to establish pilotage requirements.(5) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(a) "Articulated tug barge" means a tank barge and a towing vessel joined by hinged or articulated fixed mechanical equipment affixed or connecting to the stern of the tank barge.(b) "Oil tanker" means a self-propelled deep draft tank vessel designed to transport oil in bulk. "Oil tanker" does not include an articulated tug barge tank vessel.(c) "Waterborne vessel or barge" means any ship, barge, or other watercraft capable of traveling on the navigable waters of this state and capable of transporting any crude oil or petroleum product in quantities of ten thousand gallons or more for purposes other than providing fuel for its motor or engine.[ 2015 c 274 § 12.]NOTES:Effective date—2015 c 274: See note following RCW 90.56.005.
WA Rev Code § 88.24.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.24 - Wharves and Landings.|88.24.010 - Right of riparian owner to construct—Rates.

RCW 88.24.010 Right of riparian owner to construct—Rates.Any person owning land adjoining any navigable waters or watercourse, within or bordering upon this state, may erect upon his or her own land any wharf or wharves, and may extend them so far into said waters or watercourses as the convenience of shipping may require; and he or she may charge for wharfage such rates as shall be reasonable: PROVIDED, That he or she shall at all times leave sufficient room in the channel for the ordinary purposes of navigation.[ 2013 c 23 § 534; Code 1881 § 3271; 1863 p 531 § 1; 1860 p 326 § 1; 1854 p 357 § 1; RRS § 9613.]
WA Rev Code § 88.24.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.24 - Wharves and Landings.|88.24.020 - County may authorize wharves and prescribe rates.

RCW 88.24.020 County may authorize wharves and prescribe rates.(1) Whenever any person shall be desirous of erecting any wharf at the terminus of any public highway, or at any accustomed landing place, he or she may apply to the county commissioners of the proper county, who, if they shall be satisfied that the public convenience requires said wharf, may authorize the same to be erected and kept up for any length of time not exceeding twenty years. And they shall annually prescribe the rates of wharfage and charges thereon, but there shall be no charge for the landing of passengers or their baggage.(2) No such authority shall be granted to any person other than the owner of the land where the wharf is proposed to be erected, unless such owner shall neglect to apply for such authority; and whenever application shall be made for such authority by any person other than such owner, the board of county commissioners shall not grant the same unless proof shall be made that the applicant caused notice in writing of his or her intention to make such application, to be given by posting up at least three notices in public places in the neighborhood where the proposed wharf is to be erected and one notice at the county courthouse, twenty days prior to any regular session of the board of county commissioners at which application shall be made and by serving a copy of said notice in writing upon such owner of the land, if residing in the county, at least ten days before the session of the board of county commissioners at which the application is made.(3) When such application is heard, if the owner of such land applies for such authority and files his or her undertaking with one or more sureties to be approved by the county commissioners in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, to be fixed by the county commissioners, conditioned that such person will erect said wharf within the time therein limited, to be fixed by the county commissioners, and maintain the same and keep said wharf according to law; and if default shall at any time be made in the condition of such undertaking damages not exceeding the penalty may be recovered by any person aggrieved before any court having competent jurisdiction, then said county commissioners shall authorize such owner of the land to erect and keep such wharf.(4) If such owner of the land does not apply as aforesaid the commissioners may authorize the same to be erected and kept by such applicant upon his or her entering into an undertaking as required of such owner of the land.[ 2013 c 23 § 535; 1893 c 49 § 1; Code 1881 § 3272; 1863 p 531 § 2; 1854 p 537 § 2; RRS § 9614.]
WA Rev Code § 88.24.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.24 - Wharves and Landings.|88.24.030 - City or town may authorize wharves—Rates—Liability.

RCW 88.24.030 City or town may authorize wharves—Rates—Liability.Whenever any person or persons shall be desirous of erecting a wharf at the terminus of any street of any incorporated town or city in the state, he or she or they may apply to the municipal authorities of such town or city who, if they shall be satisfied that the public convenience requires said wharf, may authorize the same to be erected and kept in repair for any length of time not exceeding ten years; and every person building, owning or occupying a wharf in this state, upon which wharfage is charged and received, shall be held accountable to the owner or owners, consignees or agents, for any and all damage done to property stored upon, or passing over said wharf, in consequence of the unfinished, incomplete, or insufficient condition of said wharf; and every such person shall post or cause to be posted in a conspicuous place on said wharf the established rates of wharfage, noting passengers and their baggage free.[ 2013 c 23 § 536; Code 1881 § 3273; 1863 p 531 § 3; RRS § 9615.]
WA Rev Code § 88.24.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.24 - Wharves and Landings.|88.24.040 - Construction requirements of wharves—When deemed incomplete.

RCW 88.24.040 Construction requirements of wharves—When deemed incomplete.All wharves now standing, or hereafter to be built, in this state, shall be deemed insufficient, incomplete and unfinished unless they have good and substantial banisters or railing on the sides thereof, or a strip of hewn timber at least eight by ten inches square, well secured all around said wharves within ten inches of the outer edge thereof, except at the ends.[Code 1881 § 3274; 1863 p 532 § 4; 1860 p 327 § 2; RRS § 9616.]
WA Rev Code § 88.24.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.24 - Wharves and Landings.|88.24.070 - County acquisition by condemnation of right-of-way.

RCW 88.24.070 County acquisition by condemnation of right-of-way.In cases where a person or persons, firm or corporation has acquired a right, title or interest in and to the tidelands or other lands over which it is proposed to build, construct or maintain such wharf or landing, whether such interest be a title in fee simple or as lessee or under contract of purchase or otherwise, and the board of county commissioners shall be unable to agree with the person, persons, firm or corporation claiming such interest or title as to the compensation to be paid for the taking of such strip of tidelands or other lands, then and in that case such board of county commissioners may by an order direct proceedings to procure a right-of-way over said tidelands or other lands to be brought in the superior court by the prosecuting attorney in the manner provided by law, for the taking of private property for public use, and to that end are hereby authorized to institute and maintain in the name of the county the proceedings provided by the laws of this state for the appropriation of lands and other property by counties for public use.[ 1903 c 20 § 3; RRS § 9619.]
WA Rev Code § 88.26.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements|Chapter 88.26 - Private Moorage Facilities.|88.26.010 - Definitions.

RCW 88.26.010 Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Charges" means charges of a private moorage facility operator for moorage and storage, all other charges owing to or that become owing under a contract between a vessel owner and the private moorage facility operator, or any costs of sale and related legal expenses for implementing RCW 88.26.020.(2) "Owner" means every natural person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or organization, or their agent, with actual or apparent authority, who expressly or impliedly contracts for use of a moorage facility.(3) "Private moorage facility" means any properties or facilities owned or operated by a private moorage facility operator that are capable of use for the moorage or storage of vessels.(4) "Private moorage facility operator" means every natural person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, organization, or any other legal entity, employee, or their agent, that owns or operates a private moorage facility. Private moorage facility operation does not include a "moorage facility operator" as defined in RCW 53.08.310.(5) "Transient vessel" means a vessel using a private moorage facility and that belongs to an owner who does not have a moorage agreement with the private moorage facility operator. Transient vessels include, but are not limited to, vessels seeking a harbor or refuge, day use, or overnight use of a private moorage facility on a space-as-available basis. Transient vessels may also include vessels taken into custody under RCW 79.100.040.(6) "Vessel" means every watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water. "Vessel" includes any trailer used for the transportation of watercraft.[ 2014 c 195 § 204; 1993 c 474 § 1.]NOTES:Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).Findings—Intent—2014 c 195: See notes following RCW 79.100.170 and 79.100.180.