§ 11-504. Inactive pilots; disabled pilots

   (a) Inactive status. -- A pilot is eligible for payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:

   (1) (i) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and

      (ii) has been, for at least 25 years:

         1. a member in good standing of the Association; and

         2. licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft; or

   (2) (i) 1. has been certified by two physicians chosen by the Board to be permanently incapable of providing pilotage; or

         2. has had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical disability; and

      (ii) before becoming permanently disabled, the pilot was:

         1. a member in good standing of the Association; and

         2. licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of any draft.

(b) Eligibility of reduced payments. -- A pilot is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:

   (1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and

   (2) has been, for at least 20 years:

      (i) a member in good standing of the Association; and

      (ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.

(c) Eligibility to cease. -- Eligibility for payments as an inactive pilot shall cease if:

   (1) a pilot who was declared permanently incapable of providing pilotage becomes capable of providing pilotage; or

   (2) a pilot who had a federal or State pilot's license revoked for physical disability has the license reissued.

(d) Time of service. -- Time of service as a licensed docking master on or before September 30, 2004, shall be included in determining a pilot's eligibility for payment as an inactive pilot.

(e) Unlimited docking master license. -- A pilot who held an unlimited docking master license on October 1, 2000, is eligible for reduced payments as an inactive pilot under § 11-505 of this subtitle if the pilot:

   (1) chooses to be placed on the list of inactive pilots maintained by the Association; and

   (2) has been, for at least 5 years:

      (i) a member in good standing of the Association or of the Association of Maryland Docking Pilots; and

      (ii) licensed by the Board to provide pilotage for vessels of unlimited draft.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 74, § 10; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; 1996, ch. 214; 2002, ch. 523, § 3; 2004, ch. 520, § 2.