2005 California Harbors and Navigation Code Sections 1127-1128 Article 6. Exempt Vessels and Vessels Liable for Pilotage

1127.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy
of the state to ensure the safety of persons, property, and vessels
using the waters of Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San
Pablo, and Suisun and to avoid damage to those waters and surrounding
ecosystems as a result of vessel collision or damage by providing
competent, efficient, and regulated pilotage for vessels required by
this division to secure pilotage services.
   (b) Nothing in this section shall supersede, modify, or otherwise
alter pilot practices that are not safety related, including, but not
limited to, the determination of rates charged for pilot services or
employer-employee relationships for individuals, agencies, or
organizations involved in providing pilotage services between any
port of Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and
Suisun and any other port of the United States that is in existence
on December 31, 1995, or otherwise abridge the authority of local
port or harbor districts relating to pilotage in effect on December
31, 1995.
   (c) The board shall regulate pilotage on waters of the state as
provided in this division.
   (d) Every vessel sailing under a coastwise license or
appropriately endorsed registry and engaged in the coasting trade
between any port of Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San
Pablo, and Suisun and any other port of the United States is exempt
from all pilotage charges unless a pilot or inland pilot is actually
employed.  Every foreign vessel and every vessel bound between a
foreign port and any port of Monterey Bay and the Bays of San
Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, and every vessel sailing under a
register between any port of Monterey Bay and the Bays of San
Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun and any other port of the United
States, shall use a pilot or inland pilot holding a license issued
pursuant to this division, except as otherwise provided by law.
   (e) Subdivision (d) does not apply to a vessel that is less than
300 gross tons and is manufactured and used for private recreation.
1128.  Any nonself-propelled vessel in tow of a tug within Monterey
Bay and the Bay of San Francisco, San Pablo, or Suisun, or between
those bays, is exempt from pilotage charges unless a pilot is
actually employed.