Texas Transportation Code
§ 70.044 — LIABILITY TO PILOT
TN § 70.044Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 70. PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT · Art. C. PILOTS' LICENSES OR CERTIFICATES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person who is not a pilot and who, in violation of this chapter, pilots a vessel and the consignee of the vessel are liable to the pilot, on written demand, for the amount of the applicable pilotage rate.
(b)In an action to recover compensation under Subsection (a), the court may include in a judgment in favor of a pilot an award of court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.