(a) There shall be a movement fee imposed as is necessary and authorized by the board to recover a pilot’s costs for the purchase, lease, or maintenance of navigation software, hardware, and ancillary equipment that is authorized by the board as reasonable and necessary on or after January 1, 2017.
(b) The software, equipment, and technology covered by this section shall be used strictly and exclusively to aid in piloting on the pilotage grounds.
(c) The movement fee authorized by this section shall be identified as a navigation technology surcharge on a pilot’s invoices and separately accounted for in the accounting required by subdivision (b) of Section 1136.
(d) The cumulative amount of the surcharge collected pursuant to this section shall not exceed one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000).
(e) The board shall review and adjust as necessary the navigation technology surcharge authorized by this section at least quarterly.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 119, Sec. 2. (AB 1432) Effective January 1, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, by its own provisions.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018