(a) In order to prevent delays in the apprenticeship and branching of bar pilots, the commission, when necessary, shall maintain a register of applicants containing no more than nine applicants for apprenticeship who must be not less than 21 years of age.
(b) All pending and future applicants for apprenticeship from the register of applicants shall be considered by the commission for apprenticeship in order of their seniority as determined by the commission from time to time at its sole discretion, which shall be based upon each applicant's professionalism, maturity and readiness, the date of completion of all requirements to be a bar pilot except apprenticeship, application to be a pilot, passage of the commission's written examination and branch, and the compliance with subsections (c) and (d).
(c) No person may commence an apprenticeship unless the commission finds that the applicant meets all statutory requirements for apprenticeship required by subsection (b) and there is a need for an apprentice.
(d) In order to complete the apprenticeship, an apprentice shall make, to the satisfaction of the commission, at least 100 round trips with a branched pilot on vessels in Mobile Bay which are subject to the statutory requirement of compulsory pilotage.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 4A - State Pilotage Commission.
Section 33-4A-1 - Applicability.
Section 33-4A-2 - Creation; Composition; Powers and Duties; Quorum.
Section 33-4A-3 - Qualifications of Commissioners.
Section 33-4A-4 - Appointment; Terms; Expenses.
Section 33-4A-5 - Bond of Commissioners.
Section 33-4A-6 - Chair; Acting Chair.
Section 33-4A-8 - Audits; Exemption From Sunset Law.
Section 33-4A-11 - Jurisdiction of Commission - Territorial.
Section 33-4A-12 - Jurisdiction of Commission - Harbor Masters.
Section 33-4A-13 - Rulemaking Authority.
Section 33-4A-14 - Civil Actions to Recover Forfeitures.
Section 33-4A-15 - Recordkeeping.
Section 33-4A-16 - Number of Pilots; Qualifications.
Section 33-4A-17 - Register of Applicants for Apprenticeship; Seniority; Statutory Requirements.
Section 33-4A-18 - Selection of Apprentices.
Section 33-4A-19 - Discharge of Apprentice; Appeal.
Section 33-4A-20 - Branching or Licensing Criteria.
Section 33-4A-21 - Examination and Certification.
Section 33-4A-22 - Passing Examination Entitles Apprentice Pilot to License, Etc.
Section 33-4A-23 - Issuance of License; Possession and Exhibition of License; Oath of Pilot.
Section 33-4A-24 - Levy, Payment, and Disposition of Pilot's License Tax.
Section 33-4A-25 - Bond of Pilot - Required; Amount; Conditions; Renewal.
Section 33-4A-26 - Bond of Pilot - Preserving Bonds, etc.; New Bonds; Actions on Bonds; Liabilty.
Section 33-4A-27 - Suspension or Revocation of License - Notice; Hearing.
Section 33-4A-28 - Suspension or Revocation of License - Witnesses' Fees.
Section 33-4A-29 - Suspension or Revocation of License - Subpoenas.
Section 33-4A-30 - Suspension or Revocation of License - Conduct of Hearings.
Section 33-4A-31 - Grounds for Depriving Pilot of Branch.
Section 33-4A-32 - Penalty for Acting Without License.
Section 33-4A-33 - Pay of Pilots - Generally.
Section 33-4A-34 - Pay of Pilots - Time of Payment.
Section 33-4A-35 - Pay of Pilots - Fees of Pilots Retained on Vessels.
Section 33-4A-36 - Pay of Pilots - No Discrimination or Rebating of Pilot's Fees.
Section 33-4A-37 - Pay of Pilots - Exemptions From Payment of Pilot's Fees.
Section 33-4A-38 - Compulsory Retirement of Bar Pilots.
Section 33-4A-39 - Vessels Required to Take Pilots.
Section 33-4A-40 - Report of Unlawful Discharge of Ballast, Sweepings, Rubbish, etc., in Bay, Etc.