Apprentices for the Upper Coastal Area must be taken by full branch pilots only with the approval of the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage Upper Coastal Area and shall serve two years in Georgetown before receiving an initial short branch license. An apprentice must be taken on board vessels of every description so that the apprentice may become completely competent to discharge required duties. After holding an initial short branch license for one year, an apprentice shall receive a second branch license, which the apprentice must hold in service for one year, at the end of which the apprentice may receive a full branch or license. The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Area shall establish in regulation the tonnage and draft restrictions for each short branch license.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-1409; 1952 Code Section 56-1408; 1942 Code Section 6688; 1932 Code Section 6688; Civ. C. '22 Section 3586; Civ. C. '12 Section 2476; Civ. C. '02 Section 1621; G. S. 1263; R. S. 1361; 1872 (15) 54; 1894 (20) 801; 1910 (26) 625; 1933 (38) 71; 1958 (50) 1624; 1998 Act No. 269, Section 1, eff February 20, 1998; 2006 Act No. 237, Section 1, eff March 17, 2006.

Effect of Amendment

The 1998 amendment altered the short branch license requirements and restrictions.

The 2006 amendment in the first sentence substituted "Apprentices for the Upper Coastal Area" for "Apprentices for ports other than Charleston, which are governed by Sections 54-15-100 and 54-15-120," and "South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage Upper Coastal Area" for "respective boards of Commissioners of Pilotage", and deleted "and one year in Port Royal" following "Georgetown"; and in the fourth sentence substituted "South carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Area" for "Commissioners of Pilotage for the ports of Georgetown and Port Royal jointly".