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(4) PUBLIC INTEREST IN MAINTAINING EFFICIENT AND
RELIABLE PILOTAGE SERVICE;

(5) PILOT FATIGUE; AND

(6) (5) OTHER FACTORS RELEVANT TO THE DETERMINATION
OF JUST AND REASONABLE RATES.

(D)  A PILOT MAY NOT DEMAND OR RECEIVE ANY GREATER, LESSER,
OR DIFFERENT COMPENSATION FOR RENDERING PILOTAGE SERVICE THAN THE
RATES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION.

(E)  THE COMMISSION MAY SHALL IMPOSE AN ASSESSMENT ON THE
ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND PILOTS BASED ON ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES UNDER SECTION 88 OF THIS
ARTICLE. THE ASSESSMENT IMPOSED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT BE
LESS THAN $25,000.

(F)  ALL PILOTAGE FEES AND CHARGES PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE
LAWS SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL CHANGED BY THE COMMISSION.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1 June 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 72 7

(Senate Bill 247)

AN ACT concerning

Licensing and Regulation of Maryland Pilots

FOR the purpose of altering the composition of the Board of
Examiners of Maryland Pilots; providing that apprentice
pilots be appointed by the Board; altering certain
requirements relating to the qualifications and training of
apprentice pilots; altering certain license fees;
transferring the rate setting function of the Board to the
Public Service Commission; identifying factors that the
Public Service Commission should consider in determining
rates; allowing requiring the Commission to impose a certain
assessment on the Association of Maryland Pilots; extending
to a certain date the termination provisions of the Board;
providing for an effective date; and generally relating to
the Board of Examiners of Maryland Pilots and rate setting
of pilotage fees.

BY repealing