South Carolina General Assembly
104th Session, 1981-1982

Bill 3759

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3759
Ratification Number:       401
Act Number                 339
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Relating to apprentice pilots in the
                           port of Charleston
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(A339, R401, H3759)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 54-15-120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPRENTICE PILOTS IN THE PORT OF CHARLESTON, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO APPRENTICE SHALL BE GRANTED A PILOT'S LICENSE UNTIL THE NUMBER OF PILOTS HAS FALLEN BELOW FIFTEEN.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Apprentices in the Port of Charleston

Section 1. Section 54-15-120 of the 1976 Code, as amended by an act of 1982 bearing ratification number 299, is further amended by striking "fourteen" on line seventeen and inserting "fifteen". The section when amended shall read:

"Section 54-15-120. Apprentices in the port of Charleston shall serve three years before being eligible to take an examination for a twenty-three foot license or branch. During their apprenticeship licensed pilots shall take such apprentices on board all types of vessels, so that they may become thoroughly competent for the discharge of their duties. They must hold a twenty-three foot license or branch with a tonnage restriction in service six months before being eligible to take an examination for a twenty-three foot license or branch with no tonnage restriction; and must hold a twenty-three foot license or branch with no tonnage restriction in service six months before being eligible for a twenty-seven foot license or branch; and hold a twenty-seven foot license or branch in service one year before being eligible to take an examination for a thirty foot license or branch; and hold a thirty foot license or branch in service one year before being eligible to take an examination for a full license or branch. No apprentice, however, shall be granted a license until the number of pilots shall have fallen below fifteen. Should two or more apprentices be eligible to offer for examination at the same time, the seniority of securing a license shall be determined by the proficiency of the respective apprentices, established at such examination."

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.