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Texas Transportation Code - Chapter 62 Navigation District Pilot BoardsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Transportation Code > Texas Transportation Code - Chapter 62 Navigation District Pilot Boards In this chapter, "navigation district" means a navigation district included in: (1) Subchapters C, D, E, F, G, and H, Chapter 60, Water Code; (2) ... (a) The pilot board of a navigation district is composed of the district's navigation and canal commissioners. (b) A member of the pilot board is ... The term of office of a commissioner of pilots coincides with the person's term as a navigation and canal commissioner. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ... A person who is engaged directly or indirectly in a towing, pilot boat, or other business affected by or connected with the performance of the ... The pilot board of a navigation district has exclusive jurisdiction over the pilotage of a vessel between the Gulf of Mexico and a port of ... The pilot board of a navigation district may: (1) appoint, suspend, or dismiss a branch or deputy pilot of a port in the district; (2) ... (a) The pilot board of a navigation district shall examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for the position of branch or deputy pilot ... (a) A branch pilot appointed under this chapter or the rules of the pilot board of a navigation district must take the official oath. The ... (a) On the filing of the bond and the taking of the oath required by Section 62.042, a commissioner of pilots shall certify to the ... (a) The term of a branch pilot commission is four years. (b) If the pilot board of a navigation district dismisses a branch pilot from ... (a) A branch pilot may appoint two deputy pilots, subject to the examination by and approval of the pilot board of a navigation district. (b) ... The pilot board of a navigation district may suspend or dismiss a branch or deputy pilot only for misconduct, inefficiency, or intoxication on duty and ... In this subchapter, "pilot" means a branch or deputy pilot appointed under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ... Pilotage charges under this subchapter do not apply to a vessel of 20 tons or less or to a vessel that is excepted by a ... (a) A pilotage rate charged by a pilot must be fair and just. (b) A pilot shall furnish a schedule of pilotage rates that must ... The consignee of a vessel is liable to a pilot for the pilotage of the vessel. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. ... (a) A vessel that, without the aid of a pilot, enters any channel that is under the jurisdiction of a pilot board of a navigation ... (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 ... A person, other than a pilot, who pilots a vessel for which a pilot is required out of or into a port, channel, or waterway ... (a) A pilot may recover in court compensation for pilotage or services offered. (b) A pilot may bring suit to recover the payment under Section ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |