Texas Transportation Code

§ 62.066 — LIABILITY OF CERTAIN VESSELS TO OTHER PILOTS

TN § 62.066Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 62. NAVIGATION DISTRICT PILOT BOARDS · Art. D. PILOTAGE CHARGES AND LIABILITY

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(a)A vessel that goes out of a channel under the jurisdiction of a pilot board of a navigation district without the aid of a pilot is liable for the payment of half pilotage to:

(1)the pilot who brought the vessel into the channel; or

(2)the pilot who first offered the vessel services outside the bar, if the vessel did not employ a pilot to come in.

(b)The consignee of a vessel is responsible for pilot services offered under Subsection (a).

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.