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Statutes > Washington > Title-88 > 88-16 > 88-16-180Oil tankers — State licensed pilot required.
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 § 602; 1983 c 3 § 231; 1975 1st ex.s. c 125 § 2.]
Notes: Effective dates -- Severability -- 1991 c 200: See RCW 90.56.901 and 90.56.904.
Severability -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 125: See notes following RCW 88.16.170.
