The Connecticut Port Authority shall establish the rates of pilotage for all vessels which use a licensed pilot in the ports and waters of this state including the Connecticut waters of Long Island Sound.
(1949 Rev., S. 4758; 1969, P.A. 815, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 797, S. 3; 872, S. 370; P.A. 73-405, S. 2; P.A. 84-254, S. 57, 62; P.A. 85-413, S. 6, 8; P.A. 90-274, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 24.)
History: 1969 act replaced superior court with boating commission and deleted provisions specifically applicable to Middlesex and New Haven superior courts; 1971 acts clarified provisions and replaced boating commission with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-405 replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 84-254 increased the rates of pilotage, effective July 1, 1984, by 50% on July 1, 1986, by an additional 50% on July 1, 1989, by an additional 25% on July 1, 1991 and by an additional 25% on July 1, 1993; P.A. 85-413 removed language concerning rate increases inserted in 1984; P.A. 90-274 clarified that the waters of the state include the waters of Long Island Sound; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “Commissioner of Transportation” with “Connecticut Port Authority”, effective July 1, 2016.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics
Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers
Section 15-1. - Harbor masters.
Section 15-2. - Compensation of harbor masters.
Section 15-3. - Powers of deputies.
Section 15-3a. - “Derelict vessel”, “harbor”, “navigable waters”, “navigable waterways”, defined.
Section 15-4. - Jurisdiction in Branford harbors.
Section 15-8. - Power to station vessels. Penalty for resisting.
Section 15-8a. - “Harbor”, “navigable waters” and “navigable waterways”, defined.
Section 15-9. - Vessels may be removed. Procedures. Notice. Regulations. Penalty.
Section 15-10. - Penalty for neglect of duty.
Section 15-11. - Channels from wharves.
Section 15-11a. (Formerly Sec. 15-31). - Removal and taking of derelict vessels.
Section 15-12. - Obstructions upon lands bordering navigable waters.
Section 15-13c. - Connecticut Pilot Commission. Members. Appointments. Duties.
Section 15-14. - Rates of pilotage.
Section 15-15. - Vessels requiring pilots.
Section 15-15b. - Reports by pilot.
Section 15-15c. - Exemption from pilot requirement.
Section 15-15d. - Pilotage concurrent with New York. Rotation system for assignment of pilots.
Section 15-16. - Speed of vessels.
Section 15-16a. - Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River.
Section 15-17. - Baggage on boats to be checked.
Section 15-26. - Local agent of foreign vessel.
Section 15-26a. - Five Mile River Commission. Harbor superintendent.