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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1016

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11  Senator Jones moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 80, between lines 28 and 29,

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17         Section 64.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section

18  310.0015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         310.0015  Piloting regulation; general provisions.--

20         (3)  The rate-setting process, the issuance of licenses

21  only in numbers deemed necessary or prudent by the board, and

22  other aspects of the economic regulation of piloting

23  established in this chapter are intended to protect the public

24  from the adverse effects of unrestricted competition which

25  would result from an unlimited number of licensed pilots being

26  allowed to market their services on the basis of lower prices

27  rather than safety concerns. This system of regulation

28  benefits and protects the public interest by maximizing

29  safety, avoiding uneconomic duplication of capital expenses

30  and facilities, and enhancing state regulatory oversight. The

31  system seeks to provide pilots with reasonable revenues,

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 1  taking into consideration the normal uncertainties of vessel

 2  traffic and port usage, sufficient to maintain reliable,

 3  stable piloting operations. Pilots have certain restrictions

 4  and obligations under this system, including, but not limited

 5  to, the following:

 6         (d)1.  The pilot or pilots in a port shall train and

 7  compensate all member deputy pilots in that port. Failure to

 8  train or compensate such deputy pilots shall constitute a

 9  ground for disciplinary action under s. 310.101. Nothing in

10  this subsection shall be deemed to create an agency or

11  employment relationship between a pilot or deputy pilot and

12  the pilot or pilots in a port.

13         2.  The pilot or pilots in a port shall establish a

14  competency-based mentor program by which minority persons, as

15  defined in s. 288.703(3), may acquire the skills for the

16  professional preparation and education competency requirements

17  of a licensed state pilot or certificated deputy pilot. The

18  department shall provide the Governor, the President of the

19  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives with a

20  report each year on the number of minority persons, as defined

21  in s. 288.703(3), who have participated in each mentor

22  program, who are licensed state pilots or certificated deputy

23  pilots, and who have applied for state pilot licensure or

24  deputy pilot certification.

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30  And the title is amended as follows:

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 2         amending s. 310.0015, F.S.; requiring the

 3         establishment of competency-based mentor

 4         programs for minority persons seeking to become

 5         licensed state pilots or certificated deputy

 6         pilots; requiring an annual report thereon to

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