SECTIONS 1140-1142 - California Statutes

HARBORS AND NAVIGATION CODE

SECTION 1140-1142

1140. (a) No person shall hold both a pilot license and an inland
pilot license concurrently.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a unified
system of state regulated pilotage for Monterey Bay and the Bays of
San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that unified pilotage will
be beneficial to the safety of people, vessels, and property using
those bays and tributaries.
(d) The Legislature further finds and declares that unified
systems of regulated pilotage are common to the ports of the world
and are most familiar to, and best able to serve, both foreign and
domestic vessels.

1141. (a) Each pilot license shall be valid for a period of one
year and shall be renewed upon application and successful completion
of the physical examination required by Section 1176.
(b) A pilot license shall not be renewed if the pilot possessing
the license does not actively pilot vessels for any consecutive
period of one year, unless the board determines the pilot is
qualified and makes one of the following findings:
(1) The pilot has presented satisfactory proof of medical
disability during that period.
(2) The board has granted the pilot a leave of absence without pay
during that period.
(3) The pilot has been serving as port agent under Section 1130.
(c) A pilot licensee shall at all times hold an active and proper
license to pilot vessels on the waters on which the pilot operates.
(d) The board may revoke or suspend the license of any pilot who
does not use proper equipment maintained exclusively for pilotage or
who operates on territorial waters not described in the license. This
subdivision shall not be construed to require the use of a pilot
boat in order to provide pilotage services for Monterey Bay.

1142. (a) Each existing inland pilot license shall be valid for a
period of one year and may be renewed upon application and the
applicant's passing of the physical examination required in Section
1176.
(b) An existing inland pilot license shall not be renewed if the
inland pilot possessing the license does not actively pilot vessels
for any consecutive period of one year, unless the board determines
that the inland pilot is qualified and has presented satisfactory
proof of medical disability during that period.
(c) An inland pilot shall at all times hold an active and proper
license to pilot vessels on the waters on which the pilot operates.
(d) The board may revoke or suspend the license of any inland
pilot who does not use proper equipment or who operates on
territorial waters not described in the license. The suspension or
revocation of licenses under this section is governed by Article 2
(commencing with Section 1180) of Chapter 4.