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2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1156.7.

1156.7. If the executive director of the board alerts the United States Coast Guard to a violation or likely violation of safety standards pursuant to Section 1156.6 and has reason to believe that the violation or likely violation will not be corrected prior to the vessel reaching its next port of call, the executive director shall request the United States Coast Guard to report the suspected safety standard violation to the port state control officer or a pilot organization in an expected future port of call. This section does not preclude any other party from disseminating any report of the findings and recommendations of the executive director of the board pursuant to Section 1156.6, and all of those reports and findings shall be considered public records.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 794, Sec. 4. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1157.

1157. The board shall keep a written record of all the board’s proceedings and acts.
(a) The board shall also keep a complete record of each pilot appointed and licensed by the board that includes, at a minimum, his or her current mailing address, residence, the date of the initial issuance and renewal of the license, the date of completion for initial and any subsequent training, and a record of any reports of meritorious activities, commendation, misconduct, safety violations, or other incidents or information related or relevant to the issuance and use of his or her pilot license.
(b) All pilots licensed by the board shall provide the board with written notice of any change of name, mailing address, or residence within 30 days of that change in a manner prescribed by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 9. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1157.1.

1157.1. (a) Except as provided in Section 1157.4, all records of the board relating to the personal information of a pilot, a pilot trainee, or an applicant to the pilot trainee training program are confidential and shall not be open to public inspection.
(b) For purposes of this section, “personal information” means information, other than the name and mailing address, that identifies an individual, including an individual’s photograph, social security number, address, telephone number, and medical or disability information, but does not include other information related to licensing such as incidents, rules or safety violations, misconduct, training records, commendations, and license status.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 10. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1157.2.

1157.2. The board shall establish procedures for access to confidential or restricted information from its records to protect the confidentiality of its employees and licensees. If confidential or restricted information is released to an agent of a person authorized to obtain information, the person shall require the agent to take all steps necessary to ensure confidentiality and prevent the release of information to a third party. An agent shall not obtain or use confidential or restricted records for any purpose other than the reason the information was requested.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 567, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1157.3.

1157.3. A member of the board, the executive director, the assistant director, or an employee of the board who willfully discloses confidential information from the board record to a person not authorized to receive it shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which may be assessed and recovered in a civil action.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 567, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1157.4.

1157.4. Upon a request to the board by a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, the executive director shall make available to the requesting agency any information contained in the board’s records.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 567, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1157.5.

1157.5. On or before April 15, 2010, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit to the Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing a report describing the board’s activities for the preceding calendar year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) The number of vessel movements across the bar, on the bays, and on the rivers within the board’s jurisdiction.
(b) The name of each licensed pilot and pilot trainee, and the status of each person. If a person has had more than one status during the reporting year, each status and the length of time in that status shall be indicated. For the purposes of this section, “status” includes all of the following designations:
(1) Licensed and fit for duty.
(2) Licensed and not fit for duty.
(3) Licensed and on authorized training.
(4) Licensed and on active military duty.
(5) Licensed and on leave of absence.
(6) Licensed but license suspended.
(c) A summary of each report of misconduct or a navigational incident involving a pilot or pilot trainee, or other matters for which a license issued by the board may be revoked or suspended. For those cases that have been closed, the summary shall include a description of findings made by the incident review committee and of the resulting action taken by the board. For those cases that are still under investigation, the summary shall include a description of the reported incident and an estimated completion date for the investigation. For those closed cases involving a pilot who has been involved in a prior incident and a finding of pilot error had been made, the report shall also include a summary of that incident.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 11. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1157.6.

1157.6. (a) After the adoption of the first pilotage tariff pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1250), the board shall convene a committee to review the effectiveness of the revised ratesetting process and to gather stakeholder feedback for the purpose of developing a report for the board’s consideration. Upon adoption of the report by the board based on the findings of the committee, the board shall present and submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Governor, and to the Secretary of Transportation. The report shall be adopted by the board no later than December 31, 2027.
(b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2032.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 2. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1158.

1158. The public members, the executive director, the assistant director, and employees of the board shall not engage in an employment, activity, or enterprise that is clearly inconsistent, incompatible, in conflict with, or inimical to his or her duties as a state officer or employee or make, participate in making, or attempt to use his or her official position to in any way influence a governmental decision in which he or she knows or has reason to know that he or she, or any member of his or her immediate family, has a financial interest.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 567, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1158.1.

1158.1. The executive director shall not, during the term of his or her office, serve as a member of the board or as a pilot, or otherwise be concurrently employed in the maritime industry.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 12. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1159.

1159. (a) All moneys received by the board pursuant to the provisions of any law shall be accounted for at the close of each month to the Controller in the form that the Controller may prescribe and, at the same time on the order of the Controller, all these moneys shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Board of Pilot Commissioners’ Special Fund.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Board of Pilot Commissioners’ Special Fund are appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the payment of the compensation and expenses of the board and its officers and employees.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 567, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1159.1.

1159.1. (a) The Pilot Boat Surcharge Account is hereby established in the Board of Pilot Commissioners’ Special Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the account are hereby continuously appropriated to the board without regard to fiscal years for allocation by the board for both of the following:
(1) To fund the pilot boat costs of obtaining new pilot boats and of funding design and engineering modifications for the purpose of extending the service life of existing pilot boats, excluding costs for repair or maintenance, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1194.
(2) (A) To cover the administrative costs of the board with respect to administration of the account, including any audits of the usage of the account.
(B) No more than 5 percent of all moneys collected may be used by the board to offset administrative costs and expenses related to managing the pilot boat program, including auditing expenses.
(b) (1) The amount expended from the account in the 2022–23 fiscal year in accordance with claims submitted pursuant to Section 1194.1 shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).
(2) The amount expended from the account in the 2023–24 fiscal year to the 2025–26 fiscal year, inclusive, in accordance with claims submitted pursuant to Section 1194.1 shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) each fiscal year, unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act.
(3) The amount expended from the account in the 2026–27 fiscal year to the 2035–36 fiscal year, inclusive, in accordance with claims submitted pursuant to Section 1194.1 shall not exceed six million dollars ($6,000,000) each fiscal year, unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act.
(c) Of the maximum expenditure amounts specified in subdivision (b), any funds that are unexpended due to the maximum specified amount exceeding the amounts required for the payment of claims against the account pursuant to Section 1194.1 in any fiscal year shall carry over to the subsequent fiscal year.
(d) Interest earned on the moneys in the Pilot Boat Surcharge Account shall be allocated to the Pilot Boat Surcharge Account and shall be expended to recover the pilots’ claims submitted pursuant to Section 1194.1.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 3. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Pilot Commissioners › Section 1159.2.

1159.2. (a) The vessel shall pay a board operations surcharge, the purpose of which is to fully compensate the board and the Transportation Agency for the official services, staff services, and incidental expenses of the board and agency. The amount of the surcharge shall be 7.5 percent of all pilotage fees charged by pilots pursuant to Sections 1190 and 1191 unless the board establishes, with the approval of the Department of Finance, a lesser percentage, not to exceed any percentage consistent with subdivision (d).
(b) The surcharge shall be billed and collected by the pilots. The pilots shall pay all surcharges collected by them to the board monthly or at a later time that the board may direct.
(c) The board shall quarterly review its ongoing and anticipated expenses and adjust the surcharge to reflect any changes that have occurred since the last adjustment.
(d) The board operations surcharge shall not represent a percentage significantly more than that required to support the board and any costs of the Transportation Agency related to the administration of the board pursuant to subdivision (a) in addition to the maintenance of a reasonable reserve.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 243. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 3 - Pension Plan › Section 1160.

1160. There is hereby established a San Francisco Bar Pilot Pension Plan which is continued in existence as the San Francisco Pilot Pension Plan.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1653, Sec. 30.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 3 - Pension Plan › Section 1161.

1161. All amounts generated by the pension plan shall be used solely to pay pensions to retired pilots and inland pilots, disabled pilots and inland pilots, the surviving spouses of pilots and inland pilots, and to pay the expenses of the plan.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1192, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 3 - Pension Plan › Section 1162.

1162. (a) The pension plan shall be administered and all benefit payments shall be made by one or more fiduciary agents selected by the board. Except for the collection of revenues in accordance with Section 1165 and the pilots serving as members of the board, and unless otherwise directed by the board, the pilots shall have no control of any kind or manner over the operation, administration, or management of the plan.
(b) All revenues pursuant to the plan shall be collected by the pilots, at no cost to the state or board, and transmitted monthly to the fiduciary agent or agents. The revenues shall not be included in the account required by Section 1136.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 639, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 3 - Pension Plan › Section 1165.

1165. (a) In addition to, and concurrently with, the basic pilotage rate described in Section 1190, a charge shall be levied for pilotage services at a rate necessary to provide the benefits to be paid out pursuant to the pension plan. The additional rate shall be determined as follows:
(1) On March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each year, the number of persons eligible to receive benefits under the plan, their identities, the calculated amount each shall be entitled to receive, and the total amount to be paid out to all of those persons during each month of the next three-month period shall be determined by the fiduciary agent or agents.
(2) After the total amount to be paid out monthly under the plan has been determined, the rate necessary to provide that amount each month shall be calculated by the fiduciary agent or agents. The rate shall be based upon the volume of shipping, in gross registered tons, handled by pilots licensed under this division for the 12-month periods ending the previous September 30 for benefit periods commencing the following January 1, ending the previous December 31 for benefit periods commencing the following April 1, ending the previous March 31 for benefit periods commencing the following July 1, and ending the previous June 30 for benefit periods commencing the following October 1, respectively. The rate shall be expressed as mills per gross registered ton and shall be calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of a mill.
(3) The estimated cost of the services of the fiduciary agent or agents to administer the pension plan shall be calculated by the fiduciary agent or agents for the benefit periods described in paragraph (2), shall be expressed as mills per gross registered ton, and shall be calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of a mill.
(b) The rate determined pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) shall become effective on January 1 of the following year with respect to the September 30 calculations, on April 1 of the following year with respect to the December 31 calculations, on July 1 of that year with respect to the March 31 calculations, and on October 1 of that year with respect to the June 30 calculations. The rates shall be in effect for the succeeding benefit payment period.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 639, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 3 - Pension Plan › Section 1166.

1166. (a) The benefits actually paid out each month by the fiduciary agent or agents designated by the board to all retired and disabled pilots and inland pilots, to surviving spouses of deceased pilots and inland pilots, and to successors in interest shall be equal to the revenue received pursuant to Section 1165 during the preceding month less the expenses of the fiduciary agent or agents incurred during that month. The revenue, whether greater or less than the amount used in determining the tonnage rates under this chapter to provide the aggregate target pensions to which those persons are entitled according to Section 1163, shall be paid to each of them in proportion to the relative target amounts to which they are entitled, after payment of the expenses of the fiduciary agent or agents.
(b) Revenues for any month or year are the amounts to be received pursuant to the pension plan for pilotage during that month or year. The fiduciary agent or agents shall determine which accounting system shall be used to make the payment, provided that, if the accrual method is used, it shall be subject to later equitable adjustments for unpaid receivables.
(c) Benefits pursuant to the new rate calculations shall be paid commencing in February, May, August, and November of each year and shall continue through, and include, the next following April, July, October, and January, respectively, so that each benefit pension period equals three months of payments. The period during which benefits are paid is the benefit payment period.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1192, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 3 - Pension Plan › Section 1167.

1167. (a) The board shall review the benefits received by retired or disabled pilots and inland pilots and their surviving spouses every three years or when the cumulative percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (San Francisco Bay Area) has exceeded 12 percent, whichever occurs first.
(b) The board may increase the monthly pensions specified in Section 1163. Those increases shall take into consideration the maritime industry practice in the United States as brought to the attention of the board by the pilots, inland pilots, or the industry. The increase shall not exceed 50 percent of the cumulative increase in the Consumer Price Index (San Francisco Bay Area). Monthly pensions for retired pilots, inland pilots, or their surviving spouses who have been retired less than the full three-year interval between adjustments shall increase on a pro rata basis according to the number of months that those persons have been retired prior to that adjustment.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1192, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 3 - Pension Plan › Section 1168.

1168. The board may review the pension plan and make any recommendations it deems necessary for changes in the plan. Monthly pensions shall not be adjusted except as provided by Section 1167.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 639, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1170.

1170. The board shall appoint and license the number of pilots which is sufficient to carry out the purposes of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1422, Sec. 19.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1170.1.

1170.1. In determining the number of pilots needed, pursuant to Section 1170, the board shall take into consideration the findings and declarations in Sections 1100 and 1101, the industry’s current economic trends, fluctuations in the number of vessel calls, the size of vessels, whether the need for pilotage is increasing or decreasing, and the 1986 manpower study adopted by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 4. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1170.2.

1170.2. Before changing the number of pilots which may be licensed pursuant to this division, the board shall conduct a hearing pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1653, Sec. 36.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1170.3.

1170.3. (a) The board shall adopt, by regulation, a pilot’s conflict-of-interest code, which shall include, but need not be limited to, a provision specifying that a pilot shall not have any interest in, or derive any income from, any tugboat in operation on Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. This requirement of divestiture does not apply to the ownership of barges and vessels similar to barges.
(b) The conflict-of-interest code shall not prohibit the ownership of stock in any corporation registered on a national securities exchange or on the National Market System of the NASDAQ Stock Market, pursuant to Section 78f of Title 15 of the United States Code, which may own tugboats in operation on Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 177, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1171.

1171. (a)  The board shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications for obtaining a license as a pilot pursuant to this division, determine who shall have the license, and issue the license.
(b) A person possessing a valid state pilot’s license on January 1, 1985, is hereby licensed as if the license was granted by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 14. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1171.6.

1171.6. (a) There shall be an examination fee to be charged in an amount established by the board to each applicant to the pilot trainee training program who participates in any written or simulator examinations established by the board for the purposes of determining admission to the pilot trainee training program pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1171.5. The fee shall be charged only to those who actually participate in an examination and shall not exceed the administrative costs to the board of preparing and administering the examination.
(b) The moneys charged and collected from the applicant pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be paid to the board and deposited into the Board of Pilot Commissioners’ Special Fund pursuant to Section 1159. The moneys shall be used only to fund the pilot trainee training program in the manner established by the board.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 16. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1172.

1172. Pilots licensed by the board shall be carefully examined as to their qualifications. A license as a pilot shall be granted for a term of 12 months. The license shall be renewed annually unless the board has good cause to withhold renewal pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 1180) of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1256.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1173.

1173. An application for a pilot’s license shall be made in writing to the board, stating such information as the board by rule and regulation may require.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1256.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1174.

1174. A pilot’s license shall be issued in the name of the State of California and contain a designation of the waters for which it is intended. The license shall be signed by the president of the board.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1256.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1175.

1175. No person shall be licensed as a pilot unless all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The person can meet the qualifications set by the board, including age limitations, if any.
(b) The person is of good mental and physical health and good moral character.
(c) The person possesses the requisite skill and experience as a navigator and pilot, together with practical knowledge of the currents, tide, soundings, bearings, and distances of the several shoals, and the rocks, bars, points of landings, lights, and fog signals of, or pertaining to, the navigation of the pilot ground for which the person applies for a license to act as a pilot.
(d) The person can satisfy the board that the person has means available for boarding and leaving vessels which the person may be called upon to pilot.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1653, Sec. 40.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1176.

1176. (a) The board shall appoint a physician or physicians who are qualified to determine the suitability of a person to perform his or her duties as a pilot or a pilot trainee in accordance with subdivision (c).
(b) An applicant for a pilot trainee position or for a pilot license, a pilot trainee, or a pilot seeking renewal of his or her license shall undergo a physical examination by a board-appointed physician in accordance with standards prescribed by the board. Within 30 days prior to the examination, the applicant or licensee shall submit to the physician conducting the physical examination a complete list of all prescribed medications being taken by or administered to the applicant or licensee.
(c) On the basis of both the examination and an evaluation of the effects of the prescription medications named on the submitted list, the physician shall designate to the board whether or not the pilot or pilot trainee is fit to perform his or her duties as a pilot or a pilot trainee.
(d) The license of a pilot shall not be renewed unless he or she is found fit for duty pursuant to subdivision (c).
(e) If a pilot or a pilot trainee is prescribed either a new dosage of a medication or a new medication, or suspends the use of a prescribed medication, he or she shall, within 10 days, submit that information to the board-appointed physician having possession of the prescribed medication list submitted pursuant to subdivision (b). If the physician receives the updated information, the physician shall determine whether or not the medication change affects the licensee’s or trainee’s fitness for duty. If the physician determines that the medication change results in the pilot or pilot trainee being unfit for duty, the physician shall inform the board.
(f) The board may terminate a pilot trainee or suspend or revoke the license of a pilot who fails to submit the prescribed medication information required by this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 17. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1177.

1177. (a) All pilots licensed pursuant to this division shall have and maintain proper federal endorsements allowing them to pilot on the high seas and on all waters of the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, excluding the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento deep water ship channel.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), all pilots issued original licenses pursuant to this division after December 31, 1987, shall have and maintain proper federal endorsements allowing them to pilot on the high seas and on all waters of the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, including the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento deep water ship channel.
(c) All pilots licensed pursuant to this division for Monterey Bay shall have and maintain proper federal endorsements allowing them to pilot on the high seas and on all the waters of Monterey Bay.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 177, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1177.5.

1177.5. (a) The board’s proceedings with regard to the refusal to issue or renew a pilot license shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) The board may deny an application for a license without a hearing, if within one year previously, and after proceedings conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, an application from the same applicant has been denied upon the same grounds.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 794, Sec. 6. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1178.

1178. Persons applying for an original license shall not receive a license unless they have proper federal endorsements allowing them to pilot on the high seas and all the waters of those bays pursuant to Section 1171.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 282, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1178.5.

1178.5. (a) Subject to this section, the board shall participate in a pull-notice system, pursuant to Section 1808.1 of the Vehicle Code, with respect to all pilot trainees and all licensees.
(b) The purpose of board participation in a pull-notice system pursuant to this section is to provide the board with a report showing each pilot’s current public record as recorded by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and any subsequent convictions, failures to appear, accidents, driver’s license suspensions, driver’s license revocations, or any other actions taken against the driving privilege or certificate, added to the driver’s record while the notification request remains valid and uncanceled.
(c) As used in this section, participation in the pull-notice system means obtaining a requester code and enrolling all pilots and trainees who are subject to the board’s jurisdiction under that requester code.
(d) The board shall, additionally, obtain a periodic report from the Department of Motor Vehicles at least every 12 months. The board shall verify that each pilot’s and pilot trainee’s driver’s license has not been suspended or revoked and whether the pilot or pilot trainee has been convicted of a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 of the Vehicle Code or Section 655.
(e) Upon the termination of a pilot’s license or the removal of a trainee from the training program, the board shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles to discontinue the driver’s enrollment in the pull-notice system.
(f) For the purposes of the pull-notice system, a pilot and pilot trainee shall be enrolled as if he or she were an employee of the board.
(g) The board shall be exempt from any fees required under the pull-notice system, pursuant to Section 1808.1 of the Vehicle Code.
(h) The board, on an individual basis, shall also request the driving record of every applicant for admission into the pilot training program before granting admission to the training program, and shall request the driving record of every applicant for an original pilot license before issuing a pilot license.
(i) The board, after notice and hearing, may refuse to issue a pilot license or may suspend or revoke the license issued to a pilot if that person has been convicted of a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 of the Vehicle Code, or Section 655. A conviction after a plea of nolo contendere is a conviction within the meaning of this section.
(j) The board may refuse to admit an applicant into the pilot training program or may dismiss a pilot trainee from the pilot training program if that person has been convicted of a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 of the Vehicle Code or Section 655. A conviction after a plea of nolo contendere is a conviction within the meaning of this section.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 794, Sec. 7. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance of License › Section 1179.

1179. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any shipping company which regularly employed its employees, or expressed its intent to the board to use its employees, for piloting vessels on the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun on or before July 1, 1983, may employ and use its employees in that manner in lieu of pilots provided under this chapter. However, this use of employees as pilots on foreign flag vessels shall be limited to five vessel calls per year for those shipping companies that have only expressed their intent to use their employees in lieu of pilots. This limitation shall not apply to those shipping companies which regularly employed their employees for piloting vessels prior to July 1, 1983.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1422, Sec. 24.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 2 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses › Section 1180.

1180. If, in the opinion of the board, there is reasonable cause to believe that the public interest requires that a pilot be summarily suspended pending hearing on charges of misconduct that include any of the causes for suspension or revocation specified in Section 1181 or if the board has information that leads it to believe that a pilot has become unable to comply with the standards of health or physical condition requisite to a pilot’s duties, the board may, without hearing, temporarily suspend the license of the pilot for not exceeding 40 days pending hearing and decision on the charges. Unless an accusation on the charge is served on the pilot as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, prior to the close of the sixth day after the suspension becomes effective, the temporary suspension terminates at the close of the sixth day.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 18. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 2 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses › Section 1180.6.

1180.6. (a) The board, after full consideration of the evidence, report, and recommendations presented by the incident review committee relating to an incident, misconduct, or other matter pursuant to Section 1180.3, shall take one or more of the following actions:
(1) Serve an accusation for suspension or revocation of the pilot’s license on the pilot as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, pursuant to Sections 1181 and 1182.
(2) Enter into a written stipulation for corrective action to be performed by the pilot, which may include, but is not limited to, further training or supervised practice trips.
(3) Provide counseling for the pilot relating to the duties and obligations of a pilot.
(4) Issue a warning letter of reprimand to the pilot.
(5) Take any other action, as provided in the guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision (e).
(6) Close the investigation without further action.
(7) Remand the matter to the incident review committee for further investigation.
(b) Action required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be taken by a majority vote of the board.
(c) A member of the board shall not sit on the board as a trier of fact for those cases in which he or she has served on the incident review committee recommending action to the board.
(d) The executive director shall note any action taken by the board pursuant to this section in a pilot’s record and shall establish a suspense file to ensure that all training, practice trips, or other corrective action required to be performed pursuant to subdivision (a) by the pilot are completed as required. The executive director shall report to the board each month on the progress of any training, supervised practice trips, or other corrective action or the completion of any other action required pursuant to subdivision (a).
(e) The executive director shall notify the board of a pilot who fails, or refuses, to complete training, practice trips, or other corrective action imposed by the board pursuant to subdivision (a). If the board determines that the pilot has intentionally failed to complete training, practice trips, or other corrective action, the board may take additional action as specified in subdivision (a).
(f) The board shall adopt guidelines for the determination by the incident review committee of the action to be taken pursuant to subdivision (a) at the completion of an investigation conducted pursuant to Section 1180.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 20. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 4 - Licensing of Pilots › ARTICLE 2 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses › Section 1181.

1181. The license of a pilot may be revoked or suspended before its expiration only for reasons of misconduct, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Neglect, for 30 days after it becomes due, to render an account to the board of all money received for pilotage.
(b) Neglect, for 30 days after it becomes due, to pay over to the board the percentage of all pilotage money received, as set by the board.
(c) Rendering to the board a false account of pilotage received.
(d) Absence from duty for more than one month at any one time without leave granted by the board, unless sickness or personal injury causes the absence.
(e) Refusing to exhibit the pilot license when requested to do so by the master of any vessel boarded.
(f) Intoxication or being under the influence of any substance or combination of substances that so affects the nervous system, brain, or muscles as to impair, to an appreciable degree, the ability to conduct the duties of a pilot while on duty.
(g) Negligently, ignorantly, or willfully running a vessel on shore, or otherwise rendering it liable to damage, or otherwise causing injury to persons or damage to property. However, this subdivision does not apply to a vessel of less than 300 gross tons unless a pilot is required by law.
(h) Willful violation of the rules and regulations adopted by the board for the government of pilots.
(i) Inability to comply with the standards of health or physical condition requisite to the duties of a pilot, but in that case the burden of proving compliance with these standards is upon the licensee, unless prior to the hearing the licensee takes and passes those tests or examinations required by the board.
(j) Failure or refusal, to complete training, practice trips, or other corrective action imposed on that pilot by the board pursuant to Section 1180.6.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 21. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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1182. If, after a hearing, the board finds that the pilot is guilty of misconduct sufficient for deprivation of the license, the board shall revoke or suspend the license of the pilot. The order shall be entered in the minutes and placed in the record of the pilot maintained pursuant to Section 1157. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted pursuant to that chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 22. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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1183. (a) Upon notification of nonrenewal of the license, a pilot is entitled to a trial and hearing in the same manner that other charges and accusations against pilots are tried.
(b) In every case of nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of the license of a pilot for cause, the final decision of the board is subject to judicial review in accordance with law, and the court shall exercise its independent judgment on the evidence.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 324, Sec. 23. (AB 1025) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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1184. The board shall formally review the executive director with respect to the performance of his or her duties pursuant to this article at least once each year.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1197, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 5 - PILOTS FOR MONTEREY BAY AND THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN › CHAPTER 5 - Pilotage Rates › Section 1190.

1190. (a) Every vessel spoken inward or outward bound shall pay the following rate of bar pilotage through the Golden Gate and into or out of the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun:
(1) Ten dollars and twenty-six cents ($10.26) per draft foot of the vessel’s deepest draft and fractions of a foot pro rata, and an additional charge of 92.43 mills per high gross registered ton.
(2) (A) A minimum charge for bar pilotage shall be six hundred sixty-two dollars ($662) for each vessel piloted.
(B) On and after January 1, 2022, a minimum charge for bar pilotage shall be one thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,875) for each vessel piloted.
(C) On and after January 1, 2023, a minimum charge for bar pilotage shall be two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600) for each vessel piloted.
(D) On and after January 1, 2024, a minimum charge for bar pilotage shall be three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each vessel piloted.
(3) The vessel’s deepest draft shall be the maximum draft attained, on a stillwater basis, at any part of the vessel during the course of that transit inward or outward.
(b) The rate specified in subdivision (a) shall apply only to a pilotage that passes through the Golden Gate to or from the high seas to or from a berth within an area bounded by the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge to the north and Hunter’s Point to the south. The rate for pilotage to or from the high seas to or from a point past the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge or Hunter’s Point shall include a movement fee in addition to the basic bar pilotage rate, as specified in Section 1191.
(c) The rate established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be for a trip from the high seas to dock or from the dock to high seas. The rate specified in Section 1191 shall not be charged by pilots for docking and undocking vessels.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 5. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022.)