Bar pilotage: rates.

Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of pilots for Monterey Bay, and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, and the payment of specified pilotage rates and charges imposed on vessels piloted in those bays. In that connection, existing law requires the Board of Pilot Commissioners for Monterey Bay, and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bays to recommend that the Legislature, by statute, adopt a schedule of pilotage rates that provide fair and reasonable return to pilots engaged in ship movements or special operations if the rates for those movements or operations are not specified by law. Existing law requires a vessel using pilots for ship movements or special operations that do not constitute bar pilotage to pay the rate specified in the schedule of pilotage rates adopted by the Legislature. This bill would 1 2 the full pilotage rate for vessel movements for the 2nd pilot. The bill would require the board, no later than January 1, 2014, to adopt regulations specifying the requirements that must be met for the safe operation of vessels in those bays during periods of restricted visibility caused by fog, weather conditions, or darkness"?> state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require a 2nd bar pilot for safety in the San Francisco Bay and its tributaries for ultra large container vessels, and what the appropriate compensation is for the 2nd pilot.