Saturday, November 22, 2008
The General Assembly is not in session.
Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
SB992: Branch Pilots, Board of; limited branch pilot license.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-909 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-909. License as limited branch pilot.
Any apprentice may apply to the Board for a license as a
limited branch pilot. The Board may grant him a license after proper
examination if in the opinion of the Board the applicant is qualified. The
Board may endorse on the license a
limitation of draft or ship units as deemed such limitations as it
deems proper, and a limited branch pilot shall
perform his duties of piloting and conducting vessels within the limitation limitations
imposed by his license.
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