Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 4 - Pilots and Pilotage.

Article 1 - State Pilotage Commission.

Section 33-4-1 - Composition; Powers and Duties Generally. - (a) There shall be a board of pilotage commissioners, to...

Section 33-4-2 - Qualifications of Commissioners. - All of the members of said commission, at the time...

Section 33-4-3 - Terms, Compensation and Traveling Expenses of Commissioners. - The Governor shall appoint said commissioners to hold office for...

Section 33-4-4 - Bond of Commissioners. - Before entering upon the duties of their office, the commissioners...

Section 33-4-5 - Chair; Acting Chair. - The commissioners shall elect a chair to preside at its...

Section 33-4-6 - Secretary. - The State Pilotage Commission may employ a secretary, who may...

Section 33-4-7 - Meetings. - The commissioners shall meet at least once every three months...

Section 33-4-8 - Vacancies in Office. - If a vacancy occurs from any cause in the office...

Section 33-4-9 - Territorial Jurisdiction. - The jurisdiction of said commission, under this chapter, shall extend...

Section 33-4-10 - No Jurisdiction Over Harbor Masters. - The State Pilotage Commission shall not have jurisdiction over Harbor...

Section 33-4-11 - Authority to Make Rules and Regulations, Etc. - The State Pilotage Commission shall have the power and authority...

Section 33-4-12 - Civil Actions to Recover Forfeitures. - The commissioners may, in their own names as commissioners, or...

Section 33-4-13 - Fees. - The fees of the commissioners are as follows: For every...

Section 33-4-14 - Records. - The commissioners shall preserve in a well-bound book a record...

Article 2 - Pilots Generally.

Section 33-4-30 - Number of Pilots; Application, Examination and Certification Required for License. - (a) At no time shall there exist more apprentices or...

Section 33-4-31 - Qualifications; Age Limitations for Apprentices. - (a) In order to prevent delays in the apprenticeship and...

Section 33-4-32 - Selection of Apprentices. - All apprentices, before becoming eligible for service as such apprentices,...

Section 33-4-33 - Apprentice Not to Be Discharged Except for Cause; Appeal of Discharge. - No Mobile Bay or bar pilot apprentice shall be discharged...

Section 33-4-34 - Application for License, etc., to Be in Writing Accompanied by Certificate and Affidavit; Branching or Licensing According to Seniority. - A person, to be eligible to be branched or licensed...

Section 33-4-35 - Examination and Certification Generally. - Before an applicant is branched or licensed, the commission must...

Section 33-4-36 - Apprentice Pilots Not Required to Take Second Examination. - No apprentice pilot who has successfully passed an examination for...

Section 33-4-37 - Issuing Licenses; Possession and Exhibition of Licenses; Oath of Pilot. - The State Pilotage Commission shall issue to each pilot licensed...

Section 33-4-38 - Levy, Payment, and Disposition of Pilot's License Tax. - There is levied upon each licensed pilot engaged in service...

Section 33-4-39 - Bond of Pilot - Required; Amount; Conditions; Renewal. - Before receiving his branch, the pilot must make and deliver...

Section 33-4-40 - Bond of Pilot - Preserving Bonds, etc.; New Bonds; Actions on Bonds; Liability. - (a) The commissioners must preserve on file all bonds and...

Section 33-4-41 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Generally. - For any violation by any pilot of any of the...

Section 33-4-42 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Failure of Witness to Answer Subpoena. - On the failure to answer such subpoenas when so served,...

Section 33-4-43 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Witnesses' Fees and Mileage. - Such witnesses shall be paid the sum of $1.50 a...

Section 33-4-44 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Issuance of Subpoenas in Behalf of Pilot. - Such pilot against whom such charges have been filed, upon...

Section 33-4-45 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Hearings; Decision of Commission. - Such hearing shall be conducted under such rules and regulations...

Section 33-4-46 - Grounds for Depriving Pilot of Branch. - The commission may deprive any pilot of his branch for...

Section 33-4-47 - Penalty for Acting Without License. - Any person who pilots a foreign vessel, or an American...

Section 33-4-48 - Pay of Pilots - Generally. - (a) The master, owner, agent, or operator of any ship...

Section 33-4-49 - Pay of Pilots - Time of Payment. - A pilot who has brought a vessel into port is...

Section 33-4-50 - Pay of Pilots - Fees of Pilots Detained on Vessels. - If the master of any vessel retains a pilot on...

Section 33-4-51 - Pay of Pilots - No Discrimination or Rebating of Pilot's Fees. - There shall be no discrimination among vessels subject to the...

Section 33-4-52 - Pay of Pilots - Exemptions From Payment of Pilot's Fees. - All vessels, whether sail, steam or propelled by any other...

Section 33-4-53 - Compulsory Retirement of Bar Pilots. - Every bar pilot licensed and branched by the State Pilotage...

Section 33-4-54 - Vessels Required to Take Pilots. - All steam or sail vessels crossing the outer bar of...

Section 33-4-55 - Pilot Boats Must Offer Services to Vessels Nearest Bar. - Every pilot boat cruising or standing out to sea must...

Section 33-4-56 - Delivery of Orders and Letters by Pilot. - It is the duty of every outer-bar pilot to deliver...

Section 33-4-57 - Report of Unlawful Discharge of Ballast, Sweepings, Rubbish, etc., in Bay, Etc. - Every pilot, having knowledge of the discharge of ballast, sweepings,...