The hearing shall be conducted under the rules as the commission may from time to time establish. The commission shall hear the testimony of the witnesses and may administer oaths to the witnesses, and false swearing, after the administration of the oath by the commission, shall constitute perjury under the laws of this state. The bar pilot may be represented by counsel at the hearing. Upon completion of the hearing, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the commission shall render its decision, and the decision shall be by a majority of the commission. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time as the commission may direct, but no bar pilot shall be suspended until the final decision by the commission.
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.