§ 46-9.1-10. Use of unlicensed pilots — Penalties.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the master, owner, agent, or consignee of any vessel, not exempt from the provisions of this chapter, entering or departing from any port or landing place of the state or transversing the waters of Block Island Sound, to take on any person not licensed as a Block Island Sound pilot under this chapter or any person not licensed as such a pilot under the laws of any state having concurrent jurisdiction over the waters to pilot a vessel in those waters.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed as a Block Island Sound pilot or any person not licensed as such a pilot by any state having concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of Block Island Sound, to pilot or offer to pilot a vessel, not exempt from the provisions of this chapter, entering or departing from any port or landing place of the state or transversing the waters of Block Island Sound. It shall likewise be unlawful for any master or person on board a tug or towboat to tow a vessel transversing the waters of Block Island Sound unless the vessel shall have on board a duly licensed state pilot.
(c) Violation of the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both.
History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 128, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-9.1 - Pilots — Block Island Sound
Section 46-9.1-1. - Legislative declaration.
Section 46-9.1-2. - Definitions.
Section 46-9.1-3. - Pilotage commission — Control — Compensation.
Section 46-9.1-4. - Powers and duties of commission.
Section 46-9.1-5. - Vessels required to take licensed state pilot.
Section 46-9.1-6. - Vessels not required to take pilots.
Section 46-9.1-7. - Lien for pilotage fees.
Section 46-9.1-8. - Accounting by pilots — Fraudulent return.
Section 46-9.1-9. - Liability for pilotage fees.
Section 46-9.1-10. - Use of unlicensed pilots — Penalties.
Section 46-9.1-11. - Qualifications of licensee.
Section 46-9.1-12. - Examination of applicants.
Section 46-9.1-13. - Deferment of applications for future examination.
Section 46-9.1-14. - Duration and renewal of licenses.
Section 46-9.1-15. - License fees.
Section 46-9.1-17. - Repealed.
Section 46-9.1-18. - Suspension or revocation of pilot’s licenses.
Section 46-9.1-19. - Notice and hearing before revocation or suspension of license.
Section 46-9.1-20. - Reinstatement following suspension.
Section 46-9.1-21. - Penalties.
Section 46-9.1-23. - Appropriations.
Section 46-9.1-24. - License without examination — Reciprocity.