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Fla. Stat. § 310.146 (2025)

Exemptions from pilotage.

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310.146 Exemptions from pilotage.—
(1) United States vessels are exempted from the provisions of this chapter while transiting a private channel built, marked, maintained, and controlled for one-way traffic by a public utility for the sole purpose of servicing that facility and while under the control of a validly licensed federal pilot.
(2) Any vessel is exempted from the provisions of this chapter while transiting the Miami River as a dead ship under the control of tugboats operated by federally licensed personnel.
History.—ss. 9, 11, ch. 86-280; s. 2, ch. 89-262; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 350, ch. 94-119.

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