HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3387

(2)  DIFFICULTY AND INCONVENIENCE OF THE PARTICULAR
SERVICE AND THE TIME AND SKILL REQUIRED TO RENDER THE SERVICE;

(3)  THE TIME REQUIRED TO RENDER PILOTAGE SERVICE AT
OTHER UNITED STATES PORTS AND THE FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE
SERVICE;

(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 728

(Senate Bill 5)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Deputy Sheriff

FOR the purpose of altering the provisions of law relating to the
discretion of the Sheriff of Carroll County with respect to
the discipline and dismissal of deputy sheriffs; altering
the length of time in which a deputy sheriff in Carroll
County is placed on probationary status; deleting certain
provisions relating to hearings and decisions by the Carroll
County Commissioners with respect to appeals taken by a
deputy sheriff of Carroll County who has been dismissed;
altering the appeal jurisdiction; and generally relating to
the Sheriff's disciplinary procedure in Carroll County.