Title HNC, California Harb. & Nav. Code

The following streams and waters are also navigable and are public ways: Deer Creek, between its mouth and the house of Peter Lassen. Devil’s Slough, lying within the corporate limits of the city of San Jose, or of the town of Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County, and extending to San…

The following streams and waters are also navigable and are public ways: Johnson’s Creek, from its mouth at San Francisco Bay to Simpson’s Landing. Keys Creek, also known as the Arroyo de San Antonio, in Marin County, from its mouth at Tomales Bay to the warehouses on the point a…

The following streams and waters are also navigable and are public ways: Napa River, between its mouth and a point sixty feet below the westerly line of Lawrence Street in the city of Napa; First Napa Creek, Second Napa Creek, and Third Napa Creek, in Sonoma County, between Napa …

The following streams and waters are also navigable and are public ways: Sacramento River, between its mouth and a point 100 feet below Reid’s Ferry, in Shasta County. Salinas River and Elkhorn Slough, or Estero Viejo, in Monterey County, from its mouth to a point as far up as ti…

The following streams and waters are also navigable and are public ways: The north branch of Alameda Creek, from its mouth to Eden Landing. The streams and sloughs emptying into Eel River. The streams and sloughs south of Eureka, in Humboldt County, which prior to January 2, 1873…

The coast line of the State of California from the boundary line between it and Mexico on the south, to the boundary line between it and Oregon on the north, is as defined and determined, on August 21, 1933, by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the names of the isl…

(a) There is in the Transportation Agency a Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, as follows: (1) Two members shall be pilots licensed pursuant to t…

Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of California. Each member appointed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 1150 shall be a resident of one of the following counties: San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, M…

(a) The public members of the board shall receive, as compensation for their services, the amount that the board may, from time to time, determine, which shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600) each per month. (b) The appointed members and employees of the board shall also be…

(a) The board shall organize itself by electing a president, and shall provide offices in San Francisco or Alameda County, in which it shall meet once a month, and it may adjourn its regular meetings from time to time. (b) Meetings of the board are subject to the Bagley-Keene Ope…

(a) The board is vested with all functions and duties relating to the administration of this division, except those functions and duties vested in the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing. (b) The board’s vested powers include the power to make and enforce rules and …

The president of the board may administer oaths in regard to any matter properly before it and he or she may issue subpoenas for witnesses in like cases. A witness disobeying the subpoena served on him or her shall incur a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500), for which judgmen…

(a) The board may appoint, fix the compensation of, and from time to time adjust the compensation of, an executive director who is exempt from the civil service laws, and other employees as may be necessary. The executive director may perform all duties, exercise all powers, disc…

(a) The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall be under the direct supervision of the board. The term of office to which the executive director is appointed is five years. (b) The Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, or his or her desi…

(a) If suspected safety standard violations concerning pilot hoists, pilot ladders, or the proper rigging of pilot hoists or pilot ladders are reported to the board, the executive director shall investigate the report. The executive director may personally inspect or assign a com…

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 ne…

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 iss…

(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…

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…

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 h…

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.)

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 …

(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 f…

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 …

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.)

(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 t…

(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 allocatio…

(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 …

(a) Any two or more harbor agencies may, pursuant to the joint powers law, establish an authority, separate from the parties to the agreement, for the purpose, in addition to any other purpose permitted under the joint powers law, of establishing an infrastructure fund and financ…

An authority established pursuant to Section 1700 shall deposit into an infrastructure fund established by the authority all of the following: (a) Any federal, state, or private grants received by the authority directly or by assignment or other transfer from the state, any membe…

An authority may establish one or more subaccounts within the infrastructure fund, and may treat each subaccount as separate and distinct. Money in the infrastructure fund may be invested in any instrument permitted by Section 53601 of the Government Code. However, any money in a…

Subject to the terms and conditions determined by an authority that establishes an infrastructure fund, including, but not limited to, any terms and conditions related to interest rates, payment, prepayment, pledges, security, remedy for defaults, the funds in an infrastructure f…

In addition to any purpose authorized under the joint powers law for which bonds may be issued, an authority may issue bonds in the manner set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to finance or refinance a…

Exclusively for purposes of securing the financing of port or harbor infrastructure, any harbor agency may borrow funds from, or otherwise secure financing through, an authority at the interest rate or rates, with the maturity date or dates, payment, pledge, security, default, re…

(a) Before any public funds are allocated pursuant to this part for a privately owned port or harbor infrastructure, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1698, approval of the Treasurer is required. (b) Each authority shall submit an annual report regarding receipts and exp…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakland operate in unique communities, environments, and markets that require infrastructure improvements and air pollution reduction measures tailored to the nature and …

(a) Beginning January 1, 2012, the Port of Long Beach shall assess its infrastructure and air quality improvement needs. (b) The port, when assessing infrastructure projects, shall consult with the Southern California Association of Governments on projects that improve the effici…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2012, the Port of Los Angeles shall assess its infrastructure and air quality improvement needs. (b) The port, when assessing infrastructure projects, shall consult with the Southern California Association of Governments on projects that improve the effic…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2012, the Port of Oakland shall assess its infrastructure and air quality improvement needs. (b) The port, when assessing infrastructure projects, shall consult with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on projects that improve the efficiency of car…

When steam vessels meet each shall turn to the right, so as to pass without interference. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

When a passenger is to be landed from a steam vessel by means of a small boat, he shall not be permitted to get into it until it is completely afloat and wholly disengaged from the steam vessel except by the painter. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

No line used for the purpose of landing or receiving passengers may be attached in any way to the machinery of any steam vessel nor may the small boat used for such purpose be hauled in by means of such machinery. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

During the landing and receiving of a passenger, and the going and returning of the small boat for the purpose, the engine shall be stopped, and may not be put in motion, except to give sufficient force to keep the steam vessel in a proper direction and safe position. (Enacted by…

There shall be kept in every small boat a good and suitable pair of oars. In the night-time a signal, by means of a horn or trumpet, shall be given to the steam vessel from the small boat, when having landed or received its passengers, it is ready to leave the shore. (Enacted by …

A steam vessel going in the same direction as a steam vessel ahead of it shall not approach or pass within the distance of ten yards; and the steam vessel ahead shall not be so navigated as unnecessarily to bring it within ten yards of the steam vessel following. (Enacted by Stat…

When any steam vessel is running in the night-time the master shall cause to be shown two conspicuous lights, one exposed near the bow and the other near the stern, the latter to be at least twenty feet above the deck. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)