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Code · Washington · Title 88 — Navigation and Harbor Improvements · Chapter 88.16

RCW 88.16.180

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Except as otherwise provided in RCW 88.16.070 (3), any registered oil tanker of five thousand gross tons or greater, shall be required:
(1)To take a Washington state licensed pilot while navigating Puget Sound and adjacent waters and shall be liable for and pay pilotage rates pursuant to RCW 88.16.035 ; and
(2)To take a licensed pilot while navigating the Columbia river.
[ 2025 c 417 s 1102 ; 1991 c 200 s 602 ; 1983 c 3 s 231 ; 1975 1st ex.s. c 125 s 2 .]
Notes:
Expiration date — 2025 c 417 ss 1102 and 1103: "Sections 1102 and 1103 of this act expire July 1, 2027." [ 2025 c 417 s 1410 .]
Effective date — 2025 c 417 ss 101-103, 406, 701-709, 808-814, 1102, 1103, and 1305: See note following RCW 82.38.030 .
Findings — Intent — 2025 c 417: See note following RCW 82.38.030 .
Effective dates — 1991 c 200: See RCW 90.56.901 .
Severability — 1975 1st ex.s. c 125: See notes following RCW 88.16.170 .
RCW 88.16.180
Oil tankers — State licensed pilot required. (Effective July 1, 2027.)
Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 88.16.070 , any registered oil tanker of five thousand gross tons or greater, shall be required:
(1)To take a Washington state licensed pilot while navigating Puget Sound and adjacent waters and shall be liable for and pay pilotage rates pursuant to RCW 88.16.035 ; and
(2)To take a licensed pilot while navigating the Columbia river.
[ 1991 c 200 s 602 ; 1983 c 3 s 231 ; 1975 1st ex.s. c 125 s 2 .]
Notes:
Effective dates — 1991 c 200: See RCW 90.56.901 .
Severability — 1975 1st ex.s. c 125: See notes following RCW 88.16.170 .
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