Texas Transportation Code

§ 68.002 — DEFINITIONS

TN § 68.002Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 68. BRAZORIA COUNTY PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for Brazoria County ports.

(2)"Brazoria County port" means a place in Brazoria County into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs and the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico.

(3)"Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, agent, subagent, firm, or corporation or any combination of those persons, who enters or clears a vessel at the office of the collector of customs.

(4)"Pilot" means a person who is licensed and commissioned as a branch pilot or certified as a deputy branch pilot under this chapter.

(5)"Pilotage rate" means the remuneration a pilot may lawfully charge a vessel for the pilot's services.

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Legislative history

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