Ch. 214                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) HAS BEEN, FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS:

(I)      A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE ASSOCIATION; AND

(II)     LICENSED BY THE BOARD TO PROVIDE PILOTAGE FOR
VESSELS OF UNLIMITED DRAFT.

11-505.

(a)     A pilot is eligible for payments as a permanently disabled pilot under § 11-506
of this subtitle if:

(1)     the pilot has:

(i) been certified to be permanently incapable of providing pilotage by
[2 doctors] TWO PHYSICIANS chosen by the Board; or

(ii) had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical disability;

and                                 

(2)     before becoming permanently disabled, the pilot was:

(i) a member in good standing of the Association; and

(ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of any draft.

(b)     Eligibility for payments as a permanently disabled pilot shall cease if:

(1)     a pilot who was declared permanently incapable of providing pilotage
becomes capable of providing pilotage; or

(2)     a pilot who had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical
disability has the license reissued.

11-506.

(a) Each month, the Association shall distribute the pilotage fees that the
Association collects in the following order:

(1)     within 10 days after the close of each month, the Association shall pay to
the Board for that month an amount determined under [ subsection (b)] SUBSECTIONS
(B) AND (C) (B), (C). AND (D) of this section for distribution to the pilots who, at the
beginning of that month, were eligible for payments as inactive or permanently disabled
pilots; and

(2)     the balance of the pilotage fees collected shall be:

(i) first, used by the Association to pay its expenses;

(ii) second, paid to the Maintenance and Replacement Fund under §
11-507 of this subtitle; and

(iii) finally, in accordance with the bylaws of the Association, paid to
the regularly working licensed pilots who are members in good standing of the
Association.

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