Massachusetts · statute · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103 · 21 active provisions
Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter the shore line of the commonwealth shall be divided into four districts. District one shall be the harbor of Boston and shall include all places or landings accessible to vessels from the sea within the limits of Egg Rock, now or formerly known as Nahant Rock or Nahant Head,…
Section 1A. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meaning: ''Area of special interest'', any water of the commonwealth that is found by the secretary of environmental affairs to contain 1 or more immobile obstacles to navigation, abut or inc…
Section 2. There shall be two commissioners of pilots for district one and one deputy commissioner of pilots for each of the other three districts. On or before December first in any year when their terms of office expire, their successors shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council,…
Section 3. The commissioners, subject to the approval of the trustees of said society, shall formulate rules and regulations for pilotage. The commissioners also, in accordance with such rules and regulations, shall grant commissions as pilots for their districts or for special locations therein, to such persons as the…
Section 3A. In determining the eligibility of applicants for consideration for appointment to any status as pilot candidate or for a warrant or full branch pilot commission, the pilot commissioners shall adopt regulations allowing applicants who are members of any uniformed service of the United States to apply as cred…
Section 4. The commissioners of district one shall appoint a secretary who shall keep an office and attend the same during the day to receive complaints by and against the pilots for said district, and who shall keep a fair record of his doings which shall be open at all times for examination.
Section 5. Once in every three months each pilot shall render to the commissioners for his district an accurate account of all vessels piloted by him and of all money received for pilotage by him or by any person for him, and shall pay to the said commissioners four per cent of the amount thereof, except in district on…
Section 6. No person shall receive a commission or exercise the office of pilot until he has given to the state treasurer a bond with two sureties, approved by the commissioners, or a surety bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, condition…
Section 15. A surety upon the bond of a pilot desiring to be discharged from liability thereon shall give notice thereof to the commissioners, and shall also give written notice to such pilot, which may be served by a constable, and shall, with the return of the constable thereon, be filed with the state treasurer, and…
Section 16. A pilot, in case of the decease, insolvency or bankruptcy of a surety upon his bond, shall give notice thereof to the commissioners. In such a case, or whenever a pilot's bond appears to the commissioners to be insufficient, he shall give a new bond.
Section 17. A pilot shall have a lien for his pilotage fees upon the hull and appurtenances of every vessel liable to him therefor under this chapter for sixty days after the completion of his services; but the lien shall not be enforced until approved by the commissioners.
Section 18. A pilot shall be liable for all damages accruing from his negligence, unskillfulness or unfaithfulness.
Section 19. A pilot shall, if so required, exhibit his commission to the master of any vessel of which he may take charge.
Section 20. A pilot taking charge of a vessel drawing more water than his commission authorizes shall be suspended or removed.
Section 21. Every foreign vessel of three hundred and fifty gross tons or over, every other United States vessel that is carrying oil, hazardous material, or hazardous waste in bulk as cargo in or entering upon areas of special interest within the waters of the commonwealth, every United States vessel under register of…
Section 28. All coastwise vessels not sailing under register and not carrying oil, hazardous material or hazardous waste in bulk as cargo in or entering upon areas of special interest within the waters of the commonwealth, United States public vessels, and United States fishing vessels shall be exempt from compulsory p…
Section 31. Rates of pilotage outward and inward for the port of Boston, calculated per foot of draught, shall be as follows: for vessels 3,500 gross tons or under $50.06 for vessels over 3,501 to 7,000 gross tons $65.30 for vessels over 7,001 to 15,000 gross tons $74.26 for vessels over 15,001 to 25,000 gross tons $77…
Section 31A. (a) There shall be a pilotage rate board which shall determine the rates to be charged by pilots commissioned under this chapter to ensure the safe navigation of vessels within the waters of the commonwealth and to ensure that the most qualified individuals are retained as commissioned pilots. (b) The boar…
Section 33. A pilot failing to anchor a vessel carrying alien passengers or a vessel subject to quarantine at the place assigned by the proper authorities shall be suspended or removed.
Section 34. All controversies between pilots relative to their mutual rights, privileges and duties shall be referred to and settled by three master pilots, to be chosen by the parties for the purpose.
Section 35. No person unless he holds a commission as a pilot shall, if a commissioned pilot offers his services or can be obtained within a reasonable time, assume or continue to act as pilot in the charge or conduct of any vessel within the waters of this commonwealth, unless he is actually employed on such vessel fo…