Title 46, Title 46 and Navigation

If the commission, after a public hearing duly called, deems that the number of licensed pilots is sufficient to meet the demands of commerce in the waters of this state, it shall place the names of the subsequent applicants on file for future examination and licensing in the ord…

Any license issued under this chapter shall run concurrently with the applicant’s federal license issued by a duly constituted authority of the United States for the applicable waters of this state, and may be renewed upon renewal of the federal license.

Every application for a license to act as a pilot in the waters of this state shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) payable to the State of Rhode Island. Every pilot who shall request a renewal of his or her license shall pay to the State of Rhode Island a…

No person shall receive a license or exercise the office of pilot until he or she has given to the general treasurer of the State of Rhode Island a bond with two (2) sureties to be approved by the commission, or a surety bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in…

(a) The commission may suspend any pilot for any period that it may deem proper, and may revoke and annul any pilot’s license which shall be issued under this chapter, upon satisfactory proof that: (1) The pilot has willfully disobeyed or violated the provisions of this chapter o…

Before any person shall be proceeded against on any complaint, and before any pilot shall be removed or suspended, the person or pilot shall be notified in writing to appear before the commission. The notice shall specify the nature and substance of the complaint and shall be ser…

For the purposes of this chapter, and as used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Block Island Sound” means the waters of the state west of a line drawn from the easterly point of Point Judith to the southeasterly point of Block Island and north of …

Any pilot whose license has been suspended shall, following the expiration of the period of his or her suspension, be entitled to the reinstatement of his or her license; provided, the pilot shall possess the same qualifications he or she had at the time the pilot received his or…

(a) Acting as pilot while under suspension. Any pilot whose license has been suspended or revoked who shall, during the period of his or her suspension or after the revocation of his or her license, act as a pilot, shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars …

Appeals from administrative orders or decisions made pursuant to any provisions of this chapter shall be to the sixth division district court pursuant to chapter 35 of title 42, the Administrative Procedures Law.

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment thereof or so much thereof as may be …

A Block Island Sound license may be issued to an applicant who has been duly licensed or certified as a pilot under the laws of another state, territory, or foreign country when the requirements are substantially equivalent to or exceed the requirements of the examination offered…

(a) The Rhode Island state pilotage commission created under the provisions of chapter 9 of this title, entitled “Pilots”, shall have control and jurisdiction over pilotage of vessels entering or departing from any port or landing place of the state or transversing the waters of …

The commission shall perform the duties set forth in this section and any other duties as may be provided by law: (1) Make, establish, and enforce rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, which shall be binding and effectual upon all pilots licensed by the commission, an…

(a) Every foreign vessel and every American vessel under register entering or departing from any port or landing place of the state or transversing the waters of Block Island Sound shall take a pilot licensed under this chapter or under the laws of any other state having concurre…

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to vessels navigating under a certificate of enrollment or to fishing vessels. If any such vessel shall take on a pilot, the pilot shall be entitled to receive, as compensation for his or her services, pilotage fees in an amount not …

Every licensed Block Island Sound pilot shall have a lien for his or her pilotage fees, for the period of sixty (60) days, upon the hull and appurtenances of any vessel liable to the pilot therefor.

Once in every three (3) months every pilot shall render to the commission an accurate account of all vessels subject to the provisions of this chapter piloted by him or her, and of all moneys received by the pilot for pilotage of those vessels. Any pilot who shall fraudulently ma…

The master, owner, agent, or consignee entering or clearing a vessel at any port or landing place in this state or of a vessel transversing the waters of Block Island Sound shall be jointly and severally liable for pilotage fees at the rates prescribed by the rules and regulation…