00                            SENATE BILL NO. 209                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to pilotage of certain foreign pleasure craft."                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 08.62.180 is amended to read:                                                                     
04            Sec. 08.62.180.  Exemptions.  This chapter does not apply to                                               
05                 (1)  vessels subject to federal pilot requirements under 46 U.S.C. 8502                                 
06       except as provided in AS 08.62.185;                                                                               
07                 (2)  fishing vessels, including fish processing and fish tender vessels,                                
08       registered in the United States or in British Columbia, Canada;                                                   
09                 (3)  vessels propelled by machinery and not more than 65 feet in length                                 
10       over deck, except tugboats and towboats propelled by steam;                                                       
11                 (4)  vessels of United States registry of less than 300 gross tons and                                  
12       towboats of United States registry and vessels owned by the State of Alaska, engaged                              
13       exclusively                                                                                                       
14                      (A)  on the rivers of Alaska; or                                                                   
15                      (B)  in the coastwise trade on the west or north coast of the                                      

01            United States including Alaska and Hawaii, and including British Columbia,                                   
02            Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories, Canada;                                                          
03                 (5)  vessels of Canada, built in Canada and manned by Canadian                                          
04       citizens, engaged in frequent trade between                                                                       
05                      (A)  British Columbia and Southeastern Alaska on the inside                                        
06            water of Southeastern Alaska south of 59 degrees, 29 minutes North latitude, if                              
07            reciprocal exemptions are granted by Canada to vessels owned by the State of                                 
08            Alaska and those of United States registry; or                                                               
09                      (B)  northern Alaska north of 68 degrees, 7 minutes North                                          
10            latitude and Yukon Territory or Northwest Territories;                                                       
11                 (6)  pleasure craft of United States registry;                                                          
12                 (7)  pleasure craft of foreign registry of less than 20 meters in length                            
13       overall [300 GROSS TONS AS MEASURED UNDER 46 C.F.R. 69.51 - 69.75]; and                                     
14                 (8)  vessels of the Canadian Navy or Canadian Coast Guard that have a                                   
15       home port in British Columbia, Canada, while navigating the inside water of                                       
16       Southeastern Alaska.                                                                                              
17    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.62 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
18            Sec. 08.62.182.  Pilotage of certain pleasure craft of foreign registry.  The                              
19       operator of a pleasure craft of foreign registry of 20 meters or more in length overall,                          
20       but not more than 53 meters in length overall, shall, before entering state water beyond                          
21       Alaska pilot stations, employ a pilot licensed by the state under this chapter and shall                          
22       proceed to a port of entry designated by the board.  Except as otherwise provided by                              
23       the board by regulation, while in state water, a vessel subject to this section is not                            
24       required to employ a pilot after discharging the marine pilot at the designated port of                           
25       entry.  Before entering state water, the owner or operator of the vessel shall arrange for                        
26       pilotage services to a designated port of entry through an agent who is registered with                           
27       the board.  The operator of a vessel subject to this section shall follow procedures                              
28       established by the board for clearing state water before the vessel leaves the state.