S*1288 (Rat #0608, Act #0536 of 1988) General Bill, By W.W. Doar
    A Bill to amend Sections 54-15-10 and 54-15-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the commissioners of pilotage for the ports of Georgetown, Little River, and Port Royal, so as to delete the requirement that they be appointed in February of odd-numbered years, to increase the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Pilotage of Port Royal to include Calibogue Sound and the South Carolina side of the Savannah River, to provide that the Executive Director of the Port of Georgetown is a member ex officio of the Commissioners of Pilotage of Georgetown; to amend the 1976 Code by adding Sections 54-15-350 and 54-15-360 so as to limit a licensed ship's pilot's liability to five thousand dollars except for wilfullness or recklessness and to provide that a pilot's liability does not exempt the vessel's owner and operator from liability for the damages caused by the pilot while aboard the vessel.-amended title
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03/08/88	Senate	Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference SJ-10
03/09/88	Senate	Read second time SJ-38
03/10/88	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-35
03/14/88	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-1945
03/14/88	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-1945
04/06/88	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-2492
04/14/88	House	Amended HJ-2937
04/14/88	House	Read second time HJ-2938
04/14/88	House	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-2971
04/15/88	House	Read third time HJ-3005
04/15/88	House	Returned HJ-3005
04/19/88	Senate	House amendment amended SJ-11
04/19/88	Senate	Returned SJ-11
05/04/88	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-3543
05/12/88		Ratified R 608
05/18/88		Signed By Governor
05/18/88		Effective date 05/18/88
05/18/88		Act No. 536
06/06/88		Copies available