§ 46-9-26. Penalty for violations. Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order issued by the commission pursuant thereto, shall be subject to a civil penalty, to be assessed by the commission, of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). […]
§ 46-9-27. Criminal penalty for intentional or grossly negligent violation — Felony. Any person who shall intentionally, or through grossly negligent behavior, violate any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission under the provisions of this chapter or any order issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter or […]
§ 46-9-28. Penalties — Misdemeanor. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both; and every […]
§ 46-9-29. Proceedings for enforcement — Injunctive relief. The superior court for Providence County shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto. Proceedings for enforcement may be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the chairperson of the commission, and in any proceeding in […]
§ 46-9-3. Vessels exempt from chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to vessels navigating under a certificate of enrollment under the control of a federally licensed pilot or to vessels otherwise exempt by the laws of the United States, or to vessels measuring less than one thousand (1,000) gross tons, and the […]
§ 46-9-30. Surrender of suspended or revoked license. A pilot whose license has been revoked or suspended shall surrender his or her license to the commission who shall retain it until the period of his or her suspension shall expire. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 388, § 2.
§ 46-9-31. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment thereof or so much thereof as may be necessary from time […]
§ 46-9-32. Quarters and personnel for commission. The director of the department of environmental management shall provide the commission with quarters for its activities and shall furnish the commission with secretarial and other personnel as shall be required by the commission. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 388, § 2.
§ 46-9-33. Repealed.
§ 46-9-34. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or determination made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person, agency, or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, regulation, or determination and the application of the provisions to other persons, […]
§ 46-9-35. Inspection — Fees. The director of the department of environmental management shall have the authority to inspect all vessels on behalf of the pilotage commission for the purpose of enforcing this chapter. The director shall charge a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each vessel so inspected. The director shall place all money […]
§ 46-9-4. Piloting without license. It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed as a pilot under this chapter to pilot or offer to pilot a vessel not exempt from the provisions of this chapter. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person on board a tug or towboat to tow a vessel not […]
§ 46-9-4.1. Piloting without charts. It shall be unlawful for any pilot to pilot any vessel, including a tug, without having in his or her possession on the vessel being piloted current charts of all waters through which the vessel is being piloted. Likewise, it shall be unlawful for any tug to tow any barge […]
§ 46-9-5. Pilotage commission. (a) There is hereby created a state pilotage commission within the department of environmental management independent of the department and the director, consisting of four (4) members, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the governor. Of the members appointed by the governor, one shall be a licensed pilot with […]
§ 46-9-6. Duties of commission. The commission shall perform the duties and have the powers set forth in this section as well as other duties and powers as may be provided by law: (1) To make, establish, and enforce rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, which shall be binding and effectual upon all pilots […]
§ 46-9-7. Qualifications for original license. Every person who shall apply for an original license to act as a pilot in the waters of this state north of a line drawn from Point Judith to Sakonnet Point shall be a citizen or legal resident of the United States; shall possess a master’s license of unlimited […]
§ 46-9-8. Regulation of pilot boats. Every vessel, boat, or launch of any draft, size, or tonnage, used for the purpose of transporting from the Rhode Island shoreline to a vessel in Narragansett Bay south of the Newport and Jamestown Bridges or, in Rhode Island Sound and in Block Island Sound, a pilot or any […]
§ 46-9-9. Temporary pilot licenses — Emergencies. In the event of a national or domestic emergency, the commission may issue temporary pilot licenses, to persons not meeting the qualifications in § 46-9-7, to serve as long as the emergency shall exist or until such time as the pilots so licensed can be replaced by persons […]
