Oil tankers—State licensed pilot required.

  1. Law
  2. Revised Code of Washington
  3. Navigation and Harbor Improvements
  4. Pilotage Act.
  5. Oil tankers—State licensed pilot required.

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Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 88.16.070, any registered oil tanker of five thousand gross tons or greater, shall be required:

(1) To take a Washington state licensed pilot while navigating Puget Sound and adjacent waters and shall be liable for and pay pilotage rates pursuant to RCW 88.16.035; and

(2) To take a licensed pilot while navigating the Columbia river.

[ 1991 c 200 § 602; 1983 c 3 § 231; 1975 1st ex.s. c 125 § 2.]

NOTES:

Effective dates—1991 c 200: See RCW 90.56.901.

Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 125: See notes following RCW 88.16.170.


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