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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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(a)  Draft, dimensions and tonnage of the vessel piloted.

(b)  Difficulty and inconvenience of the particular service
and the skill required to render such service.

(c)  The time required to render pilotage service at other
United States ports and the fees and charges for such service.

(d)  Public interest in maintaining efficient and reliable
pilotage service.

(e)  Other factors relevant to the determination of just and
reasonable rates.

All pilotage fees and charges provided by applicable laws
shall remain in full force and effect until changed by the Board
of Examiners of Maryland Pilots.]

[20.] 17.

The provisions of this article creating the Board of
Examiners of Maryland Pilots and relating to the regulation of
pilots and any regulations promulgated under this article
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MARYLAND PILOTS are of no
effect and may not be enforced after July 1, [1984] 1994 1986.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 7, 8,
and 10 through 13, and 15 through 19, respectively, of Article 74
- Pilots of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be
Section(s) 5, 6, and 8 through 11, and 12 through 16,
respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

72B.

(A)  THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH PILOTAGE
FEES AND CHARGES FOR PILOTAGE SERVICES TO SHIPS AND VESSELS AT
JUST AND REASONABLE RATES.

(B)  THE COMMISSION SHALL GIVE NOTICE AND HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING ON EACH RATE PROPOSAL AS PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE.

(C)   IN DETERMINING JUST AND REASONABLE RATES, THE
COMMISSION SHALL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO:

(1) DRAFT, DIMENSIONS, AND TONNAGE OF THE VESSEL
PILOTED;