Section 11-504 - Inactive pilots; disabled pilots. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-504. Inactive pilots; disabled pilots.
 

(a)  Inactive status.- A pilot is eligible for payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot: 

(1) (i) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and 

(ii) has been, for at least 25 years: 

1. a member in good standing of the Association; and 

2. licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft; or 

(2) (i) 1. has been certified by two physicians chosen by the Board to be permanently incapable of providing pilotage; or 

2. has had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical disability; and 

(ii) before becoming permanently disabled, the pilot was: 

1. a member in good standing of the Association; and 

2. licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of any draft. 

(b)  Eligibility of reduced payments.- A pilot is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot: 

(1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and 

(2) has been, for at least 20 years: 

(i) a member in good standing of the Association; and 

(ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft. 

(c)  Eligibility to cease.- Eligibility for payments as an inactive pilot shall cease if: 

(1) a pilot who was declared permanently incapable of providing pilotage becomes capable of providing pilotage; or 

(2) a pilot who had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical disability has the license reissued. 

(d)  Time of service.- Time of service as a licensed docking master on or before September 30, 2004, shall be included in determining a pilot's eligibility for payment as an inactive pilot. 

(e)  Unlimited docking master license.- A pilot who held an unlimited docking master license on October 1, 2000, is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot: 

(1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and 

(2) has been, for at least 5 years: 

(i) a member in good standing of the Association or of the Association of Maryland Docking Pilots; and 

(ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 74, § 10; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; 1996, ch. 214; 2002, ch. 523, § 3; 2004, ch. 520, § 2.]