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NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-44 - Production of identity badge, card, documents.

12:8-44 Production of identity badge, card, documents.  12:8-44. The commission shall from time to time issue each commissioner, employee, maritime pilot and docking pilot a badge signifying his office. The commission shall, on the anniversary date of each maritime pilot and docking pilot, issue an identity card bearing a picture of the recipient, along with the recipient's description and other pertinent identifying information as the commission deems necessary for the security in the port of New York and New Jersey.  Every maritime pilot and docking pilot, on offering his services to the master of a vessel, shall produce and show to the master his identity badge, identity card or such documents as the commission may require by regulation. Amended 2004, c.72, s.29.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-47 - Piloting without license, fourth degree crime; fine.

12:8-47 Piloting without license, fourth degree crime; fine.  12:8-47. Any person not holding a license as a maritime pilot or docking pilot under the laws of this State or of the state of New York, who shall pilot or offer to pilot a regulated vessel, on State pilotage waters, or any person on board a steam tug or towboat who shall tow a regulated vessel on pilotage waters not having a licensed pilot or docking pilot on board the tug or tow boat or on board the vessel shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree, except that the fine may be up to $50,000. Amended 2004, c.72, s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-48 - Disposition of penalties

12:8-48. Disposition of penalties  All forfeitures, fines and penalties recovered pursuant to this chapter and not otherwise appropriated, shall be applied, in the first instance, toward the payment of such costs of suit and disbursements of the commissioners, in their prosecutions and proceedings against offenders, as shall not be received by them from the parties prosecuted or proceeded against. The residue, if any, shall be accounted for and paid over on the first Monday in June in each year to the pilots' charitable fund for the benefit of that association.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-49 - Qualification of docking pilot without apprenticeship; requirements.

12:8-49 Qualification of docking pilot without apprenticeship; requirements.  33. Unless the commission for good cause determines otherwise, a person shall qualify within 12 months of the effective date of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-1.1 et al.) as a docking pilot without fulfilling the apprentice docking pilot requirements of this chapter if the person: a. Has been regularly engaged, other than as a member of a vessel's crew, for the purpose of docking and undocking and the movement of not fewer than one hundred seagoing vessels of not less than ten thousand registered gross tons on the waters of the port of New York and New Jersey during the two-year period immediately prior to the effective date of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-1.1 et al.); b. Holds a current first class pilot's license issued by the United States Coast Guard or a first class pilot endorsement to a license issued by the United States Coast Guard authorizing the piloting of vessels of any tonnage, and endorsed for the routes in which the services of a docking pilot are permitted, and executes an authorization permitting the commission to obtain from the United States Coast Guard information pertaining to the applicant's Coast Guard license and records; c. Holds a current unlimited radar observer's certificate required by the United States Coast Guard; d. Has participated in and successfully completed a United States Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, or their successors' drug screening and testing program mandated for mariners and executed an authorization permitting the commission to obtain from that organization information pertaining to the applicant's drug screening and testing; e. Has been examined by a licensed physician in the manner prescribed by the United States Coast Guard no less than once each year and been declared by the examiner competent to perform the duties of a docking master; f. Submits an application for review and approval by the commission within six months of the effective date of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-1.1 et al.), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; and g. Pays any required annual fee established by the regulations of the commission, such fee not to exceed the reasonable cost of administration directly attributable to the licensing of docking pilots. A docking pilot who meets the requirements of subsections a. through e. of this section and who submits the docking pilot's name and a summary of qualifications to the commission within 30 days of the effective date of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-1.1 et al.) may continue to perform the work of a licensed docking pilot until such time as the commission acts upon the application of that docking pilot. Prior to the issuance of a docking pilot license, such docking pilot shall be subject to all other provisions of this chapter, as if the license had been issued upon the effective date of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-1.1 et al.). L.2004,c.72,s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-50 - Documentation for consideration as docking pilot apprentice.

12:8-50 Documentation for consideration as docking pilot apprentice.  34. To be considered as a docking pilot apprentice, a person shall submit the following documentation to the commission: a. A current first class pilot's license or a first class pilot endorsement to a license issued by the United States Coast Guard authorizing the piloting of vessels of any tonnage and endorsed for the waters for which service may be required and an authorization executed permitting the commission to obtain from the United States Coast Guard information pertaining to the applicant's Coast Guard license and records; b. Evidence that the person holds a current unlimited radar observer's certificate required by the United States Coast Guard; c. Evidence of participation in a United States Department of Transportation required drug screening and testing program; d. Evidence of a current physical examination by a licensed physician in a manner prescribed by the United States Coast Guard and that the person has been declared competent by the physician to perform the duties of a docking pilot; e. Written documentation that the person has not less than ten years' experience in the maritime industry, including, but not limited to, credits at an approved United States maritime college; and deck experience, provided that the person shall have served not less than five years as a licensed mate or master in the towing industry and is endorsed by an independent pilot association providing docking pilot services on pilotage waters; and  f. Such additional documentation as the commission may require by regulation. L.2004,c.72,s.34.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-51 - Additional requirements for qualification as docking pilot.

12:8-51 Additional requirements for qualification as docking pilot.  35. To qualify as a docking pilot a person shall, in addition to the requirements of section 34 of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-50), have: a. Performed at least 25 dockings or undocking movements of vessels not less than 10,000 gross tons on pilotage waters assisted by a tugboat or tugboats on routes for which the applicant applies to be licensed as a docking pilot under the supervision of a docking pilot; b. Observed not less than 200 dockings or undockings of seagoing vessels of not less than 10,000 registered tons on pilotage waters assisted by a tugboat or tugboats under the close supervision of a docking pilot; c. Successfully completed a docking pilot apprentice program approved by the commission prior to application to the commission for licensing as a docking pilot; and d. Submitted an application to the commission for review and approval.  Upon having the application declared complete and acceptable by the commission, and endorsed by an independent pilot association, the applicant's name shall be added to a list of qualified docking pilots. After considering the need for additional qualified docking pilots, the commission may, in its sole discretion, thereafter appoint successful applicants as docking pilots. To ensure recency, prior to issuing a license under this section, the commission may require the applicant to conduct additional dockings, undockings and intra-harbor movements under the supervision of a licensed docking pilot. L.2004,c.72,s.35.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-52 - Registration of docking pilots; fee.

12:8-52 Registration of docking pilots; fee.  36. The commission shall enter on a register maintained by it the names and status of all persons who demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commission that they meet the requirements of section 33 or 35 of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-49 or C.12:8-51) and who submit to the commission an initial license fee not to exceed the reasonable cost of administration directly attributable to the licensing of docking pilots and an annual license fee thereafter not to exceed the reasonable cost of administration directly attributable to the licensing of docking pilots. The commission may refuse to license or may suspend or revoke the license of any person who does not comply with the requirements of section 33 of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-49), or other lawful requirements of the commission. L.2004,c.72,s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:8-53 - Authority of docking pilots.

12:8-53 Authority of docking pilots.  37. a. A docking pilot is authorized upon the approval of the master of a vessel upon pilotage waters as defined in section 2 of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-1.2) to: (1) Dock or undock vessels; direct the navigation of vessels within the harbor being moved from an anchorage to an anchorage or to a berth; direct the navigation of vessels within the harbor being moved from a berth to an anchorage or another berth; direct the navigation of vessels departing the port until relieved by a maritime pilot licensed by the commission or the Commissioners of Pilotage of the State of New York, at such locations where by custom and practice prior to the effective date of P.L.2004, c.72 (C12:8-1.1 et al.) such relief took place, provided that the maritime pilot, docking pilot and the vessel's master concur that the relief can be accomplished without compromising the safe navigation of the vessel; and (2) Direct the navigation of vessels entering the port upon relieving a maritime pilot licensed by this commission or the Commissioners of Pilotage of the State of New York for the purpose of docking such vessels at such points where by custom and practice prior to the effective date of P.L.2004, c.72 (C.12:8-1.1 et al.) such relief took place, provided that the relief can be accomplished without compromising the safe navigation of the vessel. b. Nothing in the provisions authorizing the licensing of docking pilots is intended to authorize licensed docking pilots to pilot regulated vessels on pilotage waters as they enter or leave the Port of New York and New Jersey. c. Nothing in the provisions of this section is intended to preclude licensed maritime pilots from docking or undocking vessels, conducting in harbor movements of vessels or piloting vessels on pilotage waters. d. When the services of a tugboat are employed to dock or undock a vessel, a docking pilot shall be employed by the vessel if requested by the vessel owner or agent. L.2004,c.72,s.37.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-2 - Jurisdiction and powers

12:9-2. Jurisdiction and powers  The harbor masters may regulate and station all vessels in the bay of New York or in the North river, within the limits of Hudson county, and the wharves thereof, and remove such ships and vessels as are not employed in receiving and discharging their cargoes, to make room for such others as are required to be more immediately accommodated for the purpose of receiving and discharging cargoes. As to the fact of the vessels being bona fide employed in receiving and discharging their cargoes, the harbor masters, or either of them, shall be the sole judges. The harbor masters, or either of them, may determine how far and in what instances it is the duty of persons having charge of vessels to accommodate each other in their respective situations.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-3 - Adjusting differences with respect to position of coastwise vessels; fees

12:9-3. Adjusting differences with respect to position of coastwise vessels; fees  If upon application of the person having charge of any vessel employed in coasting trade within the United States and entering the bay of New York or the North river within the limits of Hudson county, the harbor masters, or either of them, shall adjust any difference respecting the situation or position of such vessel, they may demand from the party in default in the premises the sum of two dollars, excepting canal barges and boats, when the fee shall be one dollar, to be sued for and recovered in the names and for the use of the harbor masters.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-4 - Supervising cleaning of wharves and docks; removal of nuisances

12:9-4. Supervising cleaning of wharves and docks; removal of nuisances  The harbor masters shall superintend and enforce the execution of all laws of this state for cleaning the wharves and docks and for preventing and removing nuisances in or upon them. If the person whose duty it is to remove such nuisance shall neglect to remove it within forty-eight hours after notice from the harbor masters, or either of them, so to do, the harbor masters may demand and receive from such person the sum of two dollars and fifty cents. In case of nonpayment of such sum on demand, the same may be sued for and recovered in the names of and for the use of the harbor masters.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-5 - Oath

12:9-5. Oath  The harbor masters, before entering upon their duties, shall take an oath well, truly and faithfully to perform the duties of their appointment. The oath of the harbor masters shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-6 - Restrictions on anchoring vessels in certain waters

12:9-6. Restrictions on anchoring vessels in certain waters  No vessel shall be anchored within three hundred yards of the end of a pier extending from the shore of New Jersey into the waters of New York harbor, or of the North or Hudson rivers, between a point in Jersey City due west from the westmost point of Ellis island, and a point in the North river known as Castle point in the city of Hoboken. The harbor masters of Hudson county shall enforce this section.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-7 - Violations; penalty

12:9-7. Violations; penalty  Any person having charge of any vessel who shall refuse or neglect to obey the directions of the harbor masters, or either of them, in matters within their authority to direct, or any person who shall resist or oppose the harbor masters, or either of them, in the execution of the duties of their office, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense to be recovered with costs of suit in the name of the state treasurer. All such penalties, when collected, shall be paid to the state treasurer.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-8 - Annual report of fees

12:9-8. Annual report of fees  The harbor masters shall report to the governor, under oath, the whole amount of fees received to the thirty-first of December, inclusive, in each year.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-9 - Copy of laws to captain, owner or consignee of vessel

12:9-9. Copy of laws to captain, owner or consignee of vessel  The harbor masters shall give a copy of this article to the captain, owner or consignee of any vessel who shall request the same, and no person shall be fined for a violation of this article until that has been done.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-11 - Bond

12:9-11. Bond  The harbor master, before entering upon his duties, shall execute a bond to the state of New Jersey in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the mayor of the city of Elizabeth conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. He shall perform all the duties, exercise all the powers and derive all the emoluments imposed and authorized by this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-12 - Jurisdiction and powers

12:9-12. Jurisdiction and powers  The harbor master may regulate and station all vessels in the harbor of Elizabeth and Elizabeth creek, and remove from time to time such vessels as are not employed in receiving and discharging their cargoes, to make room for such others as require to be immediately accommodated for such purposes. As to the fact of the vessels being bona fide employed in receiving and discharging their cargoes, the harbor master shall be the sole judge. The harbor master may determine how far and in what instances it is the duty of persons having charge of vessels to accommodate each other in their respective situations.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:9-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:9-13 - Violations; penalty

12:9-13. Violations; penalty  Any person having charge of a vessel who shall refuse or neglect to obey the direction of the harbor master in matters within his authority to direct, or any person who shall resist or oppose the harbor master in the execution of the duties of his office, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense to be recovered with costs of suit in the name of the state. All such penalties, when collected, shall be paid to the state treasurer, and be subject to the disposition of the legislature.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:10-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:10-2 - Record of acts and proceedings; inspection

12:10-2. Record of acts and proceedings; inspection  Each port warden shall keep, in such books as may be necessary, a true and complete record of all his acts, proceedings, surveys and reports. Such books shall be open to inspection of any person interested therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:10-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:10-3 - Administering oaths; examination of witnesses; perjury

12:10-3. Administering oaths; examination of witnesses; perjury  Each port warden may administer oaths, examine witnesses and take affidavits concerning the business of his office. All willful false swearing under such oaths shall be deemed perjury and punished accordingly.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:10-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:10-4 - Office; performance of duties

12:10-4. Office; performance of duties  Each port warden shall keep an office in the county in and for which he is appointed, which shall be kept open during business hours, Sundays and holidays excepted. He shall have the exclusive right to perform all the duties of port warden for the county in and for which he is appointed.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:10-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:10-5 - Exclusive jurisdiction over surveys of damaged vessels and cargoes; sale of vessels

12:10-5. Exclusive jurisdiction over surveys of damaged vessels and cargoes; sale of vessels  The port warden shall have exclusive cognizance of all matters relative to the surveys of vessels and their cargoes arriving at any place in his county in distress, or damaged while at such place. He shall be the judge of its fitness to be reshipped to its port of destination or whether it shall be sold for the benefit of whom it may concern. He shall, if called upon to do so, estimate the value or measurement of any vessel when it is in dispute or libeled, and record the same in the books of his office.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:10-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:10-6 - Examination of cargo of vessel; liability for damage to cargo

12:10-6. Examination of cargo of vessel; liability for damage to cargo  The port warden, on being notified and requested by any of the parties in interest, shall personally examine the condition and stowage of cargo on board any vessel. If any of the goods are damaged he shall ascertain and make a memorandum of the cause thereof and shall enter the same in full upon the books in his office. If the hatches of any vessel arriving at any place in this state shall be opened first by any person other than the port warden of the county in which such place is situate, and the cargo unloaded is in damaged condition, such facts shall be presumptive evidence that the damage occurred in consequence of improper stowage or negligence on the part of the persons in charge of the vessel, and the owner, consignee or master shall each and all be primarily liable for the damage.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:10-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:10-7 - Examination of wrecked or damaged vessels; assistants; fees

12:10-7. Examination of wrecked or damaged vessels; assistants; fees  The port warden shall be the exclusive surveyor of any vessel which may have suffered wreck or damage or which shall be deemed unfit to proceed to sea. He shall examine the condition of the hull, spars, sails, rigging and all appurtenances thereof, and shall call to his aid carpenters, sailmakers, shipwrights or other persons skilled in their profession who shall not be interested in the matter. All persons so called shall be sworn and each receive a fee of two dollars to be paid by the parties requiring the examination. The warden shall specify what damage has occurred and record in the books of his office a full and particular account of all surveys held on such vessel. He shall be the judge of the repairs necessary to render the vessel again seaworthy, or for the safety of the vessel and the cargo on her intended voyage.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:10-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:10-8 - Examination of damaged goods discharged by vessels

12:10-8. Examination of damaged goods discharged by vessels  The port warden, on being requested so to do by any of the parties in interest, shall proceed in person to any warehouse, store or dwelling, or in the public streets or on the wharf, and examine any property said to have been damaged on board of a vessel, and inquire, examine and ascertain the cause of the damage. He shall make a memorandum of the property and the damage thereto and record a full statement thereof in the books of his office.