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§ 173.1. Rates of pilotage; computation

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 55 P.S. NavigationEffective: September 6, 2022

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 55 P.S. Navigation (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 3. Taking and Discharge of Pilots
Effective: September 6, 2022
55 P.S. § 173.1
§ 173.1. Rates of pilotage; computation
For services rendered on and after January 1, 1990, retroactively, the rates of pilotage for conducting a vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a place on the Delaware River or Bay no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey, or from a place on the river Delaware no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware, in either case, shall be computed as follows:
(a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by one hundred.
(a.1) For the purposes of this act, the following definitions shall be applied:
“Extreme breadth” shall be the maximum breadth between the outside of the shell platings of the vessel.
“Length overall” shall be the distance between the forward and after extremities of the vessel.
“Measurements” shall be in feet and inches (United States).
Inches shall be converted as follows:
1" = .1
4" = .3
7" = .6
10" = .8
2" = .2
5" = .4
8" = .7
11" = .9
3" = .3
6" = .5
9" = .8
(b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:
(i) to (iv) Deleted by 2016, Nov. 4, P.L. 1148, No. 148, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2017].
(v) to (vii) Deleted by 2019, June 28, P.L. 216, No. 26, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 27, 2019].
(viii) to (x) Deleted by 2022, July 7, P.L. 451, No. 39, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 6, 2022].
(xi) Effective January 1, 2022
 
$14.91 per unit
(xii) Effective January 1, 2023
 
$15.66 per unit
(xiii) Effective January 1, 2024
 
$16.44 per unit
(xiv) Effective January 1, 2025
 
$17.26 per unit
(c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and a maximum unit charge as follows:
(i) to (iv) Deleted by 2016, Nov. 4, P.L. 1148, No. 148, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2017].
(v) to (vii) Deleted by 2019, June 28, P.L. 216, No. 26, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 27, 2019].
(viii) to (x) Deleted by 2022, July 7, P.L. 451, No. 39, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 6, 2022].
(xi) Effective January 1, 2022
 
1,550 units
(xii) Effective January 1, 2023
 
1,550 units
(xiii) Effective January 1, 2024
 
1,550 units
(xiv) Effective January 1, 2025
 
1,550 units

Credits

1889, May 11, P.L. 188, No. 210, § 3.1, added 1977, Dec. 23, P.L. 354, No. 108, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 1981, April 3, P.L. 4, No. 2, § 2, imd. effective; 1984, March 19, P.L. 135, No. 25, § 1, imd. effective; 1987, June 22, P.L. 27, No. 12, § 1, imd. effective; 1990, June 13, P.L. 232, No. 52, § 1, imd. effective; 1993, June 23, P.L. 111, No. 26, § 1, effective in 60 days; 1995, June 1, P.L. 46, No. 6, § 1, imd. effective; 1998, May 15, P.L. 447, No. 62, § 1, imd. effective; 2001, May 17, P.L. 96, No. 10, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2004, June 28, P.L. 449, No. 47, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 27, 2004]; 2007, June 30, P.L. 63, No. 19, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 29, 2007]; 2010, Oct. 7, P.L. 502, No. 71, § 1, effective in 60 days [Dec. 6, 2010]; 2013, June 10, P.L. 40, No. 12, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 9, 2013]; 2016, Nov. 4, P.L. 1148, No. 148, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2017]; 2019, June 28, P.L. 216, No. 26, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 27, 2019]; 2022, July 7, P.L. 451, No. 39, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 6, 2022].
55 P.S. § 173.1, PA ST 55 P.S. § 173.1
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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