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• Texas Transportation Code Section 1.001 - Purpose Of Code
  (a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 1.002 - Construction Of Code
  Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by this code. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 1.003 - Reference In Law To Statute Revised By Code
  A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 1.004 - Definition
  In this code, "Department of Public Safety" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 5.001 - Duties, Liabilities, And Remedies Of Carrier
  (a) Unless otherwise provided by this code or other law: (1) the duties and liabilities of a carrier in this state and the remedies against ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 5.003 - Liability Of Carrier Of Household Goods
  (a) A carrier of household goods, as defined by 49 U.S.C. Section 10102, is not required to accept for transportation household goods unless the shipper ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 5.004 - Requirement To Receive And Carry Goods
  (a) On the tender of the legal or customary rate for goods offered for transportation, a common carrier, other than a railroad, shall receive and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 5.005 - Bill Of Lading Or Receipt; Condition Of Transported Goods
  (a) A common carrier receiving goods for transportation shall, when requested, give the shipper a bill of lading or written receipt stating the quantity, character, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 5.006 - Liability As Warehouseman Or Common Carrier
  (a) A common carrier having a depot or warehouse is liable, as is a warehouseman at common law, for any goods stored at the depot ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 5.007 - Priority Of Shipment Of Stored Goods
  (a) A common carrier that receives goods for transportation in its warehouse or depot shall transport the goods in the order received. (b) A common ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 5.008 - Care Of Livestock
  (a) Unless otherwise provided by special contract, a common carrier transporting livestock shall feed and water the animals until the animals are: (1) delivered to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 6.001 - Sale Of Freight Or Baggage
  (a) A common carrier may sell at public auction freight or baggage that it conveyed to any point in this state if the owner, whether ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 6.002 - Notice Of Sale Of Freight Or Baggage
  (a) Before selling the freight or baggage at auction, the common carrier must provide notice 30 days before the sale. (b) The notice must: (1) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 6.003 - Disposition Of Proceeds
  (a) The common carrier shall: (1) deduct charges due on freight or baggage, including the cost of storage and sale, from the proceeds of the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 6.004 - Sale Of Livestock
  (a) A common carrier may sell at public auction livestock that is unclaimed for 48 hours after arrival at its destination if the carrier gives ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 6.005 - Sale Of Perishable Property
  (a) A common carrier may sell at public auction perishable property that is unclaimed after arrival at its destination if: (1) the property is in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 6.006 - Information Kept By Carrier
  A common carrier shall keep for each sale under this chapter: (1) an account of the sale; (2) expenses allocated to each article sold; (3) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 7.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Connecting carrier" means: (A) an initial carrier; or (B) each other common carrier that receives freight from another common carrier and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 7.002 - Duties Of Connecting Carrier
  Each connecting carrier that transports freight is: (1) an agent of each other connecting carrier that transports the freight; and (2) considered to be under ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 7.003 - Contract Governing Transportation
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the contract establishing the rights, duties, and liabilities of an initial carrier and the shipper applies to each ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 7.004 - Proof Of Status As Connecting Carrier
  Proof that a common carrier has received freight from another common carrier for transportation, including a bill of lading, waybill, receipt, check, or other instrument ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 7.005 - Application Of Chapter
  (a) A provision in a contract that is contrary to this chapter is void. (b) This chapter applies regardless of whether the route of freight ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 7.006 - Recovery Of Damages
  (a) A person who suffers damages because of injury to or loss of freight or delay in transporting freight may recover from the initial carrier ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 8.001 - Issuance Of Proclamation
  (a) The governor shall issue a proclamation under this chapter, to prevent interference with commerce, if after investigation the governor determines that: (1) the movement ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 8.002 - Effect Of Proclamation
  (a) On the issuance of a proclamation under this chapter, the governor shall exercise complete police jurisdiction over the territory described by the proclamation. The ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 8.003 - Arrests
  (a) After a proclamation issued under this chapter takes effect, only a peace officer acting under the authority of the governor may make an arrest ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 8.004 - Use Of Texas Rangers
  (a) The governor may use the Texas Rangers to enforce this chapter. (b) If a sufficient number of Texas Rangers are not available, the governor ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 8.005 - Effect On Declaration Of Martial Law
  (a) A declaration of martial law is not required for the implementation of this chapter. (b) This chapter does not limit the authority of the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 20.001 - Certain Carriers Exempt From Gross Receipts Taxes
  A motor bus carrier or motor carrier transporting persons or property for hire is exempt from any occupation tax measured by gross receipts imposed by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 20.002 - School Fund Benefit Fee On Diesel Fuel Used By Certain Motor Vehicles
  (a) In this section, "commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 548.001. (b) This section applies to a person, other than a political ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Aeronautics" means: (A) the art and science of flight of aircraft; (B) aviation; (C) the operation, navigation, piloting, maintenance, and construction ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.002 - Aviation Division
  The powers and duties granted to the department by this chapter or by other law related to aviation shall be performed, under the direction of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.003 - Aviation Advisory Committee
  (a) The aviation advisory committee consists of six members appointed by the commission to advise the commission and the department on aviation matters. (b) A ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.004 - Texas Aviation Operating Account
  (a) The Texas aviation operating account is an account in the state highway fund. (b) The department shall deposit all money received from the sale ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.005 - Suit Against Department
  (a) An interested party who is adversely affected by an act, decision, rate, charge, order, or rule adopted by the department and who fails to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.006 - Safe Aircraft Operation
  (a) An aircraft operated in the state shall be operated safely. (b) An aircraft is operated safely if the operation complies with the United States ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.051 - Aeronautic Development
  The department and the director shall encourage and assist the development of aeronautics in this state. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.052 - Cooperation With Other Entities In Aeronautic Development
  The department and the director may: (1) cooperate with or assist the United States, a governmental subdivision of this state, or a person engaged in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.053 - Governmental Subdivision Cooperation In Aeronautic Development
  A governmental subdivision may cooperate with the department in the development of aeronautics. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.054 - Authority To Contract
  (a) The department may contract as necessary or advisable to execute its powers under this chapter. (b) The department may not enter an agreement that ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.055 - Grant Or Gift With Prescribed Purpose
  The department may accept from any person a grant or gift of money or property for which the person has prescribed a particular use for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.056 - Record Of Grant Or Gift
  The department shall maintain in its office a record of money, property, or a grant given to the department under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.057 - Use Of Grant Or Gift According To Terms
  The department shall use money, property, or a grant given to the department under this chapter according to the terms of the grant or gift. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.058 - Expenditure Of Grants Or Gifts Of Money
  The department may not spend a grant or money given to the department unless the expenditure is authorized by order of the commission. Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.059 - Gifts Of Land
  To develop aeronautics for the common good and safety of the residents of the state or to provide for catastrophe, disaster, or state or national ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.060 - Jurisdiction, Administration, And Leasing Of Land, Navigational Aids, Or Facilities
  (a) The department has jurisdiction over and shall administer land given to the department. (b) The department may: (1) exercise jurisdiction over and administer navigational ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.061 - Funding Construction Of Facilities And Improvements
  (a) The department may construct on land given to the department an improvement, facility, or navigational aid that the department determines is necessary or advisable. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.062 - Lease Of Land Or Improvement
  (a) The department may lease land given to the department or an improvement on the land to any person if the department finds after investigation ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.063 - Terms Of Lease Of Land Or Improvement
  (a) A lease of land given to the department or a lease of an improvement on the land must provide that: (1) the lessee shall ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.064 - Reports And Information
  (a) The department may report to an appropriate agency of another state or of the United States that a proceeding has been instituted that charges ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.065 - Aeronautical Education Programs And Flight Clinics
  (a) The department may: (1) organize and administer an aeronautical education program in colleges and schools of this state and for the public; and (2) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.066 - Aeronautical Publications
  (a) The department may issue aeronautical publications as required in the public interest. (b) The department shall charge a fee sufficient to recover the cost ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.067 - Texas Airport Directory
  (a) The department may: (1) issue the Texas Airport Directory; (2) sell advertising in the directory; and (3) advertise the sale of the directory in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.068 - Engineering And Technical Services
  (a) The department may provide engineering or technical services to any person in connection with aeronautical activities, including the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.069 - State Airport In Central Texas
  (a) The department, in consultation with the State Aircraft Pooling Board, shall establish a state airport in Central Texas that is open to the general ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.070 - Marking Of Wireless Communication Facility
  (a) In this section: (1) "Cultivated field" means any open space or pasture larger than five acres in which a plant or tree nursery is ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.101 - Financial Assistance For Construction And Repair Of Aviation Facilities
  (a) The department may loan or grant money to a state agency with a governing board authorized to operate an airport or to a governmental ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.102 - Loan Preferred
  The department shall: (1) make a loan instead of a grant whenever feasible under this subchapter; and (2) carefully consider making a loan instead of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.103 - Commission Vote Required For Grant Or Loan
  Under this subchapter, the commission may not make: (1) a grant unless two-thirds of the entire commission votes in favor of the grant; or (2) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.104 - Revolving Loan Fund
  The department shall: (1) place the principal and interest derived from a loan in a revolving loan fund; and (2) administer the fund for future ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.105 - Requirements For Loan Or Grant
  (a) The commission may not approve a loan that bears interest of less than three percent annually or that has a term that exceeds 20 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.106 - Priorities For Financial Assistance
  The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, shall establish and maintain a method for determining priorities among locations and projects eligible to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.107 - Aviation Facilities Development Program
  (a) The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, through the preparation and adoption of an aviation facilities development program, shall provide for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.108 - Aviation Facilities Capital Improvement Program
  (a) The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, shall prepare a multiyear aviation facilities capital improvement program. (b) The aviation facilities capital ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.109 - Review And Revision Of Aviation Facilities Capital Improvement Program
  The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, shall: (1) periodically review the capital improvement program to determine the need to: (A) revise ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.110 - Aviation Facilities Capital Improvement Program; Budget Preparation
  The department shall consider the aviation facilities capital improvement program in preparing the department's biennial budget request to the legislature. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.111 - Public Hearing
  (a) The commission or the commission's authorized representative shall hold a public hearing before approving any financial assistance under this subchapter, except as provided by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.1115 - Emergency Loan Or Grant
  (a) In an emergency, the director or the director's designee may award a loan or grant without holding a public hearing under rules adopted by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.112 - Expenditure Of Air Facility Construction Money By State Governmental Entities
  A governmental entity that receives money from the department to establish, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, or repair an airport, airstrip, or air navigational facility shall spend ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.113 - Airport Hazard Zoning Ordinance Required
  The department may not pay the final 10 percent of its share of project costs under a grant until the sponsor has enacted an airport ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.114 - Agent For Federal Funds
  (a) The department is the agent of the state and of each political subdivision of the state for the purpose of applying for, receiving, and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.151 - Investigation, Inquiry, Or Hearing
  (a) The department may conduct an investigation, inquiry, or hearing concerning a matter covered by this chapter or a rule or order of the department. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.152 - Conduct Of Investigation, Inquiry, Or Hearing
  A member of the commission, the director, or an officer or employee of the department who has been designated by the commission to hold an ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.153 - Noncompliance With Subpoena Or Order
  (a) If a person fails to comply with a subpoena or order issued under Section 21.152, the department shall notify the attorney general. (b) The ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.154 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person, including an officer, agent, servant, or employee of a corporation, is liable for a civil penalty if the person: (1) violates this ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.155 - Injunctive Relief
  (a) A district court of a county in which a violation of this chapter or a rule, order, or decree of the department under this ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.156 - Enforcement Of Chapter
  (a) The department may enforce this chapter by revoking or suspending a lease or permit. (b) The department shall notify the attorney general of a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 21.157 - Cooperation With United States In Law Enforcement
  The department shall work with agencies of the United States in enforcing the statutes, directives, rules, and regulations of the United States. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Air navigation facility" means: (A) a facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in or available ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.002 - Public Purpose; County Or Municipal Purpose
  (a) Subject to Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the following functions are public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.003 - Interpretation And Construction
  This chapter shall be interpreted to make uniform as far as possible the laws and regulations of this state, other states, and the United States ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.011 - General Powers Regarding Airports And Air Navigation Facilities
  (a) A local government may plan, establish, construct, improve, equip, maintain, operate, regulate, protect, and police an airport or air navigation facility in or outside: ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.012 - Financing Of Airport Facilities
  Under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, a local government may finance facilities to be located on airport property, other than those described by Section ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.013 - Establishment Of Airports On Public Waters
  For the purposes of this chapter, a local government may: (1) establish, acquire, or maintain, in or bordering the territory of the local government, an ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.014 - Rules And Jurisdiction
  (a) A local government may adopt ordinances, resolutions, rules, and orders necessary to manage, govern, and use an airport or air navigation facility under its ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.015 - Enforcement Of Rules
  To enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order adopted under Section 22.014(a), a local government, by ordinance or resolution as appropriate, may appoint airport guards ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.016 - Relationship To Zoning
  This chapter does not: (1) authorize a local government to adopt an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order that establishes zones or otherwise regulates the height ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.017 - Delegation Of Authority To Officer, Board, Or Agency
  (a) The governing body of a local government by resolution may delegate to an officer, board, or other local governmental agency any power granted by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.018 - Designation Of Texas Department Of Transportation As Agent In Contracting And Supervising
  (a) A local government may designate the Texas Department of Transportation as its agent in contracting for and supervising the planning, acquiring, constructing, improving, equipping, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.019 - Contracts
  A local government may enter into a contract necessary to the execution of a power granted the local government and for a purpose provided by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.020 - Operation Of Airport By Another
  (a) A local government, by contract, lease, or other arrangement, on a consideration fixed by the local government and for a term not to exceed ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.021 - Use Of Airport By Another
  (a) In operating an airport or air navigation facility that it owns, leases, or controls, a local government may enter into a contract, lease, or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.022 - Duration Of Certain Leases
  (a) A lease of real property may not exceed 40 years if: (1) the lease is made under Section 22.011(c) or (d), Section 22.020, or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.023 - Liens
  A local government has a lien on personal property to enforce the payment of a charge for repairs or improvements to, or the storage or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.024 - Disposal Of Airport Property By Local Government
  (a) A local government may dispose of an airport or air navigation facility or other property, or a portion of or interest in property, acquired ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.025 - Limitation On Design And Operation Of Air Navigation Facilities
  An air navigation facility established or operated by a local government shall be supplementary to and coordinated in design and operation with those established and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.026 - Noise Abatement
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that owns an airport and is a party to an executory grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.027 - Municipal Permission For Ground Transportation; Offense
  (a) In this section, "ground transportation business" means the transportation by motor vehicle of persons or baggage for compensation, and includes transportation by a bus ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.051 - Taxation
  (a) The governing body of a local government may impose an annual property tax not to exceed five cents on each $100 valuation to improve, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.052 - Bonds
  (a) A local government may pay wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds the cost of planning, acquiring, establishing, constructing, improving, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.053 - Time Warrants
  (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 15,000 to 15,250 may issue time warrants to: (1) condemn or purchase land to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.054 - Application Of Airport Revenue And Sale Proceeds
  A local government shall deposit the revenue received by the local government from the ownership, control, or operation of an airport or air navigation facility, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.055 - Federal And State Aid; Other Grants And Loans
  (a) A local government may accept, give a receipt for, disburse, and spend money from grants and loans for any of the purposes of this ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.071 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Constituent agency" means a public agency that is a party to an agreement under Section 22.072 to act jointly under this ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.072 - Joint-Action Agreement
  (a) Two or more public agencies may enter into an agreement with each other for joint action under this chapter. Concurrent action by ordinance, resolution, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.073 - Additional Authorization
  A power or privilege granted to a local government by this chapter may be exercised jointly with a public agency of another state or the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.074 - Joint Board
  (a) Public agencies acting jointly under this subchapter shall create a joint board consisting of members appointed by the governing authority of each participating public ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.0745 - Nonconstituent Municipality Representation On Joint Board
  (a) In this section, "nonconstituent municipality" means a municipality that has territory within the boundaries of an airport that is governed by a joint board ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.075 - Acquisition Of Property By Populous Home-Rule Municipalities
  (a) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities may not acquire in fee simple property in a municipality to enlarge ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.076 - Treatment Of Hazardous Waste Prohibited
  (a) A joint board may not construct a facility to treat hazardous waste as defined by Section 361.003, Health and Safety Code, in an area ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.077 - Certain Activities Near Airport Boundaries Prohibited
  (a) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities may not begin construction in a prohibited area of any of the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.078 - Intergovernmental Agreement With Political Subdivision
  A joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities may make an intergovernmental agreement with a political subdivision of the state. Acts ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.0781 - Revenue Sharing Agreement With Municipality
  (a) A municipality, a joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities, and the constituent agencies may make an agreement under which ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.079 - Budget
  On or before December 1 of each year, the governing authority of each constituent agency of a joint board shall approve a budget determining the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.080 - Acquisition And Disposal Of Property
  (a) A joint board may not, without the consent of each governing authority of the board's constituent agencies: (1) acquire an airport, air navigation facility, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.081 - Taxicab Licensing
  A joint board may license taxicabs transporting passengers to or from the airport and impose fees for issuing the licenses. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.0815 -
  (a) In this section, "ground transportation business" means the transportation by motor vehicle of persons or baggage for compensation. (b) A person commits an offense ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.082 - Rules
  A resolution, rule, or order of a joint board dealing with a subject authorized by Section 22.014 or 22.081 is effective only on approval of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.083 - Joint Fund
  (a) Each constituent agency shall deposit in a joint fund created and maintained to provide the joint board with money for expenditures necessary to carry ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.084 - Airport Revenue And Revenue Bond Proceeds; Contracting Opportunities For Minority- And Women-Owned Businesses
  (a) If constituent agencies or a nonprofit corporation created under Section 22.152 issues revenue bonds to finance the construction or acquisition of a facility or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.085 - Insurance
  (a) A joint board, through self-insurance, purchased insurance, or both, may insure the joint board and its contractors and subcontractors against liability arising from the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.086 - Acceptance Of Credit Cards
  A joint board may: (1) accept credit cards in payment of fees for all or certain categories of services provided by or on behalf of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.087 - Use Of Terminal Facilities By Manufacturers And Concessionaires
  A joint board may: (1) use the property, including terminal buildings, of a jointly owned airport to display, demonstrate, market, and sell aircraft and aircraft-related, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.088 - Expenditure Of Bond Revenue By Joint Board Without Competitive Bidding
  (a) A joint board may spend or agree to spend the proceeds of revenue bonds under its control to acquire and install furniture, fixtures, and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.089 - Airport Revenue Of Nonconstituent Municipalities
  (a) In this section: (1) "Airport revenue" means revenue that is not already pledged or dedicated for another purpose and is received by a nonconstituent ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.090 - Retail Development Within Airport Boundaries In Nonconstituent Municipality
  Text of section effective until Aug. 31, 2021. (a) A person may not develop a retail establishment in an area of a nonconstituent municipality, as ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.151 - Definitions
  The definitions in Subchapter D apply to this subchapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.152 - Nonprofit Airport Facility Financing Corporations
  (a) The public agencies, by concurrent order, ordinance, or resolution, may authorize the incorporation of a nonprofit airport facility financing corporation under this chapter to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.153 - Approval Of Articles Of Incorporation; Appointment Of Board Of Directors
  (a) The concurrent order, ordinance, or resolution of the constituent agencies authorizing incorporation of the nonprofit airport facility financing corporation must approve the articles of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.154 - Incorporation
  A nonprofit airport facility financing corporation may be incorporated under this chapter by filing its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state in the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.155 - Bylaws
  The joint board under whose authority the jointly owned airport is operated shall approve or prescribe the bylaws of the corporation. The bylaws may prescribe ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.156 - Applicable Laws
  The corporation has the powers granted by this chapter, the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and all other ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.157 - Bonds
  (a) A nonprofit airport facility financing corporation may provide financing for the purposes described by Section 22.152(a) by issuing bonds, notes, or other forms of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.158 - Earnings
  (a) No part of a nonprofit airport facility financing corporation's net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses and other obligations may benefit an individual, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.159 - Alteration Or Termination Of Corporation
  The constituent agencies that authorize the incorporation of a nonprofit airport facility financing corporation may alter the structure, organization, programs, or activities of the corporation ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 22.901 - Disposal Of Abandoned Aircraft
  (a) A local government that is unable to determine the ownership of an aircraft that has been located for more than 90 days at an ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 23.001 - Establishment Of Airport Security Force
  The governing body of a political subdivision that operates an airport served by an air carrier certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board or the United ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 23.002 - Commissioning Of Employees As Peace Officers
  (a) The governing body may commission an employee of an airport security force established under this chapter as a peace officer, subject to Subchapter C, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 23.003 - Authority Of Employees Commissioned As Peace Officers
  A peace officer commissioned under this chapter has the rights, privileges, and duties of a peace officer only while on property under the control of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Aircraft" means a device that is invented, used, or designated for air navigation or flight, other than a parachute or other ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.002 - Application
  This subchapter does not apply to an aircraft owned by and used exclusively in the service of the federal or state government. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.003 - Operation Of Aircraft Without Airman Certificate; Offense
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) navigates an aircraft in this state without an airman certificate; or (2) serves as an ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.004 - Inspection Of Airman Certificate
  A person holding an airman certificate shall keep the certificate in the person's possession when the person is operating an aircraft within this state or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.005 - Aircraft Licensure And Registration
  A person may not navigate an aircraft in this state, whether for commercial, pleasure, or noncommercial purposes, unless the aircraft is licensed and registered in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.011 - Failure To Register Aircraft; Offense
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates or navigates an aircraft that the person knows is not properly registered under Federal Aviation ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.012 - Aircraft Identification Numbers; Offense
  (a) The failure to have the aircraft identification numbers clearly displayed on an aircraft in compliance with federal aviation regulations is probable cause for a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.013 - Aircraft Fuel Containers; Offense
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates or intends to operate an aircraft equipped with: (1) a fuel container that the person ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.021 - Taking Off, Landing, Or Maneuvering Aircraft On Highways, Roads, Or Streets; Offense
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person takes off, lands, or maneuvers an aircraft, whether heavier or lighter than air, on a public ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 24.022 - Use Of Aircraft On County Roads
  (a) A commissioners court of a county may enact ordinances to ensure the safe use of county roads by aircraft. An ordinance may: (1) limit ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 26.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Aquatic aircraft" means a seaplane, floatplane, or similar aircraft that is capable of taking off and landing on water. (2) "Department" ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 26.002 - Application
  This chapter applies to all navigable bodies of water of this state other than a navigable body of water that the federal government owns, controls, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 26.003 - Regulation Prohibited
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a governmental entity that owns, controls, or has jurisdiction over a navigable body of water may not in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 26.004 - Rules
  The department shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter, including rules specifying how notice shall be given of a prohibition or limitation approved ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Coastal Waterway Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Coastal marshes" means those soft, low-lying watery or wet lands and drainage areas in the coastal areas of the state that ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.003 - Purpose
  In recognition of the economic benefit to the state of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway, this state shall act as the nonfederal sponsor of the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.004 - Cooperation With Other Entities
  (a) The commission shall cooperate with the Department of the Army, other federal and state agencies, navigation districts, port authorities, counties, and other appropriate persons ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.005 - Land Acquisition
  (a) The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation property or an interest in property that the commission considers necessary to enable it to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.006 - Hearing Required Before Acquisition Of Property
  (a) Before the commission approves or implements a plan or project to acquire property or an interest in property under Section 51.005 for a dredge ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.007 - Evaluation And Report
  (a) In cooperation with appropriate persons, the commission shall continually evaluate the impact of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on the state. The evaluation shall include: ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.008 - School Land Board Power
  This chapter does not diminish the duty or power of the School Land Board to manage the coastal public land of the state. Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.009 - Beneficial Use Of Dredge Material
  (a) The commission, through the department, may enter into an agreement with the Department of the Army to participate in the cost of a project ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.010 - Property Acquisition
  The commission, through the department, may acquire an interest in property required for a project to beneficially use dredge material in the manner provided by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.011 - Hearing Required Before Participation In Project
  (a) Before the department agrees to participate in the cost of a project to beneficially use dredge material that requires the acquisition of an interest ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.012 - Contracts With Landowners
  The commission may contract with a landowner for the use of land as a disposal site for dredged material. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.013 - Dredged Material Disposal
  The department shall condemn land for disposal of dredged material for the Laguna Madre section of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway only in accordance with ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 51.014 - Substantive Changes To Dredged Material Disposal Plan
  The department shall seek approval of the legislature for any substantive changes to dredged material disposal management made in the final Laguna Madre GIWW Dredged ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Deepwater Port Procedures Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Adjacent coastal county" means a county bordering the Gulf of Mexico that has an onshore storage facility for a deepwater port ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.003 - General Administration
  (a) The governor shall approve or disapprove an application made to the secretary under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.004 - Application: Governor's Duties
  (a) On receipt of a copy of an application from the secretary, the governor shall immediately send a copy to the attorney general and the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.005 - Application To Be Filed; Fee For Duplication And Mailing
  (a) A copy of the application shall be filed in the General Land Office and in the office of the county judge of the adjacent ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.006 - Duties Of Attorney General And Commissioner; Fee For Duplication And Mailing
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date of receiving a copy of the application from the governor, the attorney general shall send ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.007 - Publication Of Notice
  Not later than the 15th day after the date of receiving a copy of the application from the governor, the commissioner shall publish notice of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.008 - Report By Agencies
  (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date of receiving a copy of the application from the commissioner, a state or local agency ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.009 - Hearings
  (a) The commissioner may hold a public hearing after receiving the reports required under Section 52.008. (b) If the commissioner decides to hold a public ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.010 - Report By Commissioner
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 52.009(f), not later than the 150th day after the date of receiving a copy of the application from the governor, the commissioner ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.011 - Approval By Governor
  (a) On receipt of the commissioner's report and not later than 45 days after the last public hearing held by the secretary as required by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 52.012 - Effect On Other Laws
  This chapter does not affect the power or activities of a state or local agency and does not change or repeal the statutes regarding those ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies only to a municipality that: (1) is located on: (A) the Gulf of Mexico; or (B) a channel, canal, bay, or inlet ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means a board of trustees established under Section 54.051. (2) "Obligation" includes a bond. (3) "Port improvement or facility" means ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.003 - Authority Regarding Port Improvements And Facilities
  (a) A municipality that owns and operates a port may construct, acquire, lease, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, replace, develop, or operate a port improvement ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.004 - Authority To Impose Tax; Election
  (a) Notwithstanding any law or charter provision to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality may impose a tax at a rate not to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.005 - Applicability Of Other Law
  Except to the extent that it conflicts or is inconsistent with this chapter, Subchapter B, Chapter 1502, Government Code, applies to revenue obligations issued under ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.051 - Management And Control By Governing Body Or Board
  (a) An ordinance authorizing the issuance of obligations under this chapter may provide that while the principal of or interest on the obligations is outstanding, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.052 - Organization And Duties Of Board
  (a) An ordinance under Section 54.051 that vests management and control of a port improvement or facility in a board must: (1) specify the board ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.053 - Character Of Board; General Powers
  (a) A board is a body politic and corporate. (b) A board may: (1) manage, control, maintain, and operate each port improvement or facility constituting ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.054 - Competitive Bidding
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the board may award a contract involving the expenditure of more than $15,000 only by competitive bidding. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.055 - Approval By Ordinance Required For Sale Of Real Property
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a board may sell real property only if the governing body of the municipality by ordinance approves the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.101 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "net revenue" means the gross revenue derived from the operation of a port improvement or facility the net revenue of which is ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.102 - Authority Of Municipality To Issue Obligations
  The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may issue in the name of the municipality obligations payable from taxes, revenue, or both to provide ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.103 - Election
  (a) Obligations payable from ad valorem taxes, other than refunding obligations, may be issued only if authorized by a majority of the qualified voters voting ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.104 - Authority Of Board To Issue Obligations
  (a) A board by resolution may issue in the name of the board, with the consent of the governing body of the municipality: (1) obligations ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.105 - Limitation On Aggregate Amount Of Expense Warrants
  The aggregate amount of expense warrants issued under Section 54.104(a)(2) that are outstanding at any time during a fiscal year may not exceed 50 percent ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.106 - Maturity Of Obligation
  An obligation issued under this chapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.107 - Signatures
  (a) An obligation issued by a municipality under this chapter must be signed by the mayor or presiding officer of the municipality and countersigned by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.108 - Sale Of Obligations
  (a) Obligations issued under this chapter shall be sold at a public or private sale under terms determined by the governing body or the board ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.109 - Contents Of Ordinance Or Resolution Authorizing Issuance Of Obligations Payable From Revenue
  (a) The ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or the resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of obligations payable from revenue may: ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.110 - Review And Approval Of Contracts Relating To Revenue Obligations
  (a) If revenue obligations issued under this chapter state that they are secured in whole or in part by a pledge of the proceeds from ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.111 - Security For And Payment Of Obligations Payable From Revenue
  (a) Obligations issued under this chapter and payable from revenue may be secured solely by and paid from a pledge of the net revenue derived ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.112 - Use Of Certain Proceeds
  From the proceeds from the sale of obligations issued under this chapter, there may be appropriated or set aside: (1) an amount for the payment ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.113 - Lease Or Sale Of Port Improvements And Facilities
  (a) In connection with the issuance of obligations payable from revenue, a municipality or board may lease, sublease, or sell to any person, firm, corporation, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.114 - Encumbrance Of Port Improvements Or Facilities Financed By Obligations Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
  A municipality may not encumber a port improvement or facility financed by obligations payable from ad valorem taxes unless authorized at the election required by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.151 - Applicability Of Law Relating To Original Obligations
  The provisions of this chapter relating to original obligations apply to refunding obligations issued under this chapter to the extent the provisions can be made ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.152 - Authority To Issue Tax Refunding Obligations
  The governing body of a municipality, under the procedures provided by this chapter, may issue tax obligations to refund outstanding tax obligations, including original or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.153 - Authority To Issue Revenue Refunding Obligations
  The governing body of a municipality or a board, under the procedures provided by this chapter, may issue obligations payable from revenue to refund outstanding ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.154 - Terms Of Issuance Of Revenue Refunding Obligations
  (a) Revenue refunding obligations may: (1) be combined with new or original revenue obligations into one series or issue; (2) be issued to refund obligations ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.155 - Registration Of Refunding Obligations By Comptroller
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the comptroller shall register refunding obligations on surrender and cancellation of the obligations to be refunded. (b) The ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 54.156 - Escrow Agreement
  (a) The proceeds from revenue refunding obligations that are deposited as provided by Section 54.155(b)(2) shall be deposited under an escrow agreement so that the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation Commission. (2) "Committee" means the Port Authority Advisory Committee. (3) "Department" means the Texas Department of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.002 - Port Development Funding
  (a) From money in the fund, the department shall fund: (1) port security, transportation, or facility projects; and (2) port studies. (b) The department may ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.003 - Gifts And Grants
  The department may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source for the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1268, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.004 - Audit
  The department may subject a project that receives money under this chapter to a final audit. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1268, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.005 - Port Access Account Fund
  (a) The port access account fund is an account in the general revenue fund. (b) The following money shall be credited to the fund: (1) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.006 - Port Authority Advisory Committee
  (a) The committee consists of seven members appointed by the commission. The members shall be appointed as follows: (1) one member from the Port of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.007 - Duties Of Committee
  The committee shall: (1) prepare a port mission plan; (2) review each project eligible to be funded under this chapter and make recommendations for approval ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.008 - Capital Program
  (a) The committee shall prepare a two-year port capital program defining the goals and objectives of the committee concerning the development of port facilities and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 55.009 - Rules
  The commission shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, § 18.08, eff. June 21, 2003. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 60.001 - Throwing Ballast
  (a) A master or officer in charge of a vessel commits an offense if any part of the ballast of the vessel is thrown from ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Compulsory Pilotage Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for a port. (2) "Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, agent, subagent, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.003 - Duty To Engage Pilot
  (a) A consignee having control of a vessel shall obtain a pilot to provide pilot services when the vessel is under way or otherwise moving ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.004 - Payment For Pilot
  A consignee shall pay a pilot at the applicable pilotage rates. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.005 - Pilot Optional
  This chapter does not prohibit a consignee not required by Section 61.003 to engage a pilot from applying for, receiving, and paying for pilot services. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.006 - Board Jurisdiction
  A board has exclusive jurisdiction over piloting of vessels in this state between the Gulf of Mexico and the ports in the board's jurisdiction. Acts ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.007 - Attorney General
  The attorney general shall assist a board in the enforcement of this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.008 - Liability To Pilot
  (a) A person who pilots a vessel in violation of this chapter is liable for an amount equal to the applicable pilotage rate to the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.009 - Liability To Board
  (a) A vessel or the owner of a vessel that is piloted in violation of this chapter is liable to a board for $5,000 for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.010 - Cooperation
  A pilot providing pilot services shall, to the extent possible, cooperate with the master of the vessel. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 61.011 - Certain United States License Required; Offense
  (a) A person may not act as a state-commissioned pilot of a vessel in any water in this state unless the person is licensed under ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.001 - Definition
  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) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.021 - Pilot Board; Commissioners Of Pilots
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.022 - Term Of Office
  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. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.023 - Disqualification
  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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.024 - Jurisdiction
  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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.025 - Powers Of Pilot Boards
  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) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.041 - Branch Or Deputy Pilot Qualifications
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.042 - Oath; Bond
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.043 - Issuance Of Branch Pilot License
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.044 - Term Of Branch Pilot License
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.045 - Appointment Of Deputy Pilots
  (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) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.046 - Suspension Or Dismissal Of Pilots
  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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.061 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "pilot" means a branch or deputy pilot appointed under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.062 - Pilotage Charges Inapplicable
  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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.063 - Pilotage Charges
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.064 - Consignee Liability For Pilot Services
  The consignee of a vessel is liable to a pilot for the pilotage of the vessel. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.065 - Liability Of Certain Vessels Declining Pilot Services
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.066 - Liability Of Certain Vessels To Other Pilots
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.067 - Unauthorized Pilot Liability
  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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 62.068 - Recovery Of Pilotage Charges
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.001 - Governor To Appoint Boards
  (a) The governor, with the consent of the senate, shall appoint a board of commissioners of pilots consisting of five persons of respectable standing for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.002 - Disqualification Of Board Member
  A pilot board member may not have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a pilot boat or branch pilot in the business of the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.003 - Powers And Duties Of Board
  (a) A pilot board shall: (1) examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for branch or deputy pilot; (2) recommend meritorious applicants to the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.004 - Pilotage Rates And Rules
  A pilot board may adopt: (1) pilotage rates; (2) rules regarding the stations and times that pilots are required to be on duty and provisions ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.005 - Appeal Of Board Decision
  An appeal from any decision of a board may be taken to a court. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.021 - Governor Authorizes Appointment
  (a) For a port having a population and circumstances that do not warrant the appointment of a pilot board in this chapter the governor may ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.041 - Appointment Of Branch Pilots
  (a) The governor shall appoint at each port for which a pilot board or provisional pilot committee is established the number of branch pilots necessary ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.042 - Appointment Of Deputy Pilots
  (a) Each branch pilot may appoint two deputies, subject to examination and approval by the board. (b) A branch pilot is responsible for the actions ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.043 - Oath; Bond
  (a) Each branch pilot shall give a bond, payable to the governor, with two or more sufficient sureties. (b) The bond must: (1) be in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.044 - Residence; Probationary Term
  (a) The board shall specify a term that a person must reside in this state to qualify the person to become a branch pilot for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.045 - Malfeasance; Penalties
  (a) On proof that a branch or deputy pilot took charge of a vessel while intoxicated, the branch or deputy pilot shall: (1) for the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.046 - Suspended Pilot
  A suspended pilot may not exercise the duties of the pilot's office. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 63.047 - Removal Or Reinstatement Of Pilot
  The governor may: (1) remove a branch pilot; or (2) reinstate a branch pilot who has been suspended by the board. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 64.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "consignee" includes: (1) the master; (2) the owner; (3) the agent; (4) the subagent; and (5) a person who enters or clears ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 64.002 - Pilotage Rate
  The rate of pilotage that may be adopted under Sections 63.004 and 63.021 on a class of vessel may not, in a port of this ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 64.003 - Pilotage Liability
  (a) A vessel that declines pilot services offered outside the bar and enters the port without the aid of a pilot is liable to the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 64.004 - Suit To Recover Pilot Fees
  A pilot who serves or offers to serve a vessel may bring suit to recover pilot fees from a consignee. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 64.005 - Exemptions From Pilotage Charges
  Except for actual service provided, a vessel of 20 tons or less is exempt from a charge for pilotage. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 64.006 - Unauthorized Pilot; Liability
  (a) In addition to any other applicable remedy provided by law, a person who has not been appointed to be a branch or deputy pilot ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 65.001 - Pilots For Matagorda And Lavaca Bays
  (a) The governor shall appoint at least two and not more than four competent pilots for Matagorda and Lavaca bays, from Pass Cavallo to Indianola ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 65.002 - Provisions For Branch Pilots Applicable
  The provisions of Chapter 62 relating to branch pilots at ports, to the extent applicable, apply to pilots appointed under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 65.003 - Liability Of Persons Other Than Licensed Pilots Or Deputies For Pilotage
  (a) A person who is not a licensed pilot or deputy who pilots a vessel up or down the channel of Matagorda or Lavaca Bay ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Houston Pilots Licensing and Regulatory Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports. (2) "Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, agent, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.003 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies only to a Harris County port. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.011 - Board
  The board of pilot commissioners for the ports of Harris County is composed of the port commissioners of the Port of Houston Authority of Harris ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.012 - Prohibited Interest
  A person may not be a member of the board if the person, directly or indirectly, is engaged in or has an interest in any ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.013 - Oath
  Before beginning service as a board member, each board member must take and sign, before a person authorized to administer oaths, an oath to faithfully ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.014 - Term Of Office
  A board member serves a term of office that coincides with the member's term as a port commissioner. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.015 - Jurisdiction
  The board has exclusive jurisdiction over the piloting of vessels in Harris County ports, including intermediate stops and landing places for vessels on navigable streams ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.016 - Administration; Rules
  (a) The board shall administer this chapter and may perform any act or function necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.017 - Duties
  The board shall: (1) establish the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for each Harris County port; (2) accept applications for pilot ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.018 - Unfair Discrimination Prohibited
  (a) In all its duties, including rulemaking, the board may not sanction discriminatory practices or discriminate against a pilot or pilot applicant because of race, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.019 - Open Meetings Law
  Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.020 - Rule Or Rate Change
  (a) The board shall give at least 10 days' notice as provided by this section before the board adopts a rule or changes a pilotage ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.021 - Contested Case Notice
  The board shall post in the board office for public inspection a notice that includes the same information as the notice given to the parties ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.022 - Judicial Review
  Proceedings for judicial review of a board decision shall be brought in a district court in Harris County. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.031 - License Or Certificate Required
  A person may not provide pilot services unless the person has a license or certificate issued under this chapter for the Harris County ports in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.032 - Exemptions
  The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to: (1) a vessel sailing under enrollment, or licensed or engaged in the coasting trade between ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.033 - Qualifications For License
  To be eligible for a license as a branch pilot, a person must: (1) be at least 25 years of age and less than 68 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.034 - Qualifications For Certificate
  To be eligible for a certificate as a deputy branch pilot, a person must: (1) be at least 25 years of age; (2) be a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.035 - Application For License Or Certificate
  To apply for a branch pilot's license or a deputy branch pilot's certificate, a person must give to the board a written application in the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.036 - Consideration Of Application
  (a) The board shall carefully consider each application and shall conduct any investigation it considers necessary to determine whether an applicant is qualified for a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.037 - Branch Pilot Appointment By Governor
  (a) On filing of the bond and oath required by Section 66.039, the board shall certify to the governor that a person licensed as a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.038 - Deputy Branch Pilot Appointment By Branch Pilot
  (a) Each branch pilot may appoint, subject to examination and approval by the board, two deputy branch pilots for whose acts the branch pilot is ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.039 - Oath; Bond
  (a) A person appointed as a pilot must take the official oath before entering service as a pilot. The oath shall be endorsed on the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.040 - Terms Of Licenses And Certificates
  (a) A branch pilot's license expires on the fourth anniversary of the date it is issued or renewed, provided that no pilot may furnish pilot ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.041 - Branch Pilot's License Renewal
  (a) The governor shall renew a branch pilot's expiring license if the board recommends renewal. (b) If a pilot applies in writing and qualifies, the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.042 - Deputy Branch Pilot
  A person who has been issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate may not be issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate before the fifth anniversary of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.043 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Branch Pilot's License
  (a) On complaint or on its own motion, and after notice and hearing, the board may suspend a branch pilot's license for not more than ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.044 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Deputy Branch Pilot's Certificate
  A deputy branch pilot's certificate may be suspended or revoked by the board in the same manner and for the same reasons as provided for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.045 - Liability To Pilot
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.061 - Pilotage Rate Change
  The board may not change pilotage rates before the first anniversary of the preceding rate change. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.062 - Pilotage Rate Change Application
  (a) An application for a change in pilotage rates may be submitted to the board by: (1) a pilot; (2) an association of pilots; (3) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.063 - Pilot Financial Report
  (a) Not later than the 10th day before the date set for a pilotage rate hearing, the pilots who are licensed or certified to serve ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.064 - Factors For Board Consideration
  In establishing pilotage rates, the board shall consider factors relevant to determining reasonable and just pilotage rates, including: (1) characteristics of vessels to be piloted; ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.065 - Rate Decision
  Not later than the 10th day after the date of the completion of a hearing on an application for a change in pilotage rates, the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.066 - Costs
  The board, in a final order under this subchapter, may charge all or part of the costs of processing an application to the parties in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.067 - Appeal Of Board Decision
  Any party aggrieved by a board decision on pilotage rates, after exhausting all administrative remedies, may appeal the order to a court. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.068 - Emergency Pilotage Rates
  (a) The board may establish emergency pilotage rates for the period of an emergency, not to exceed 30 days, if the board finds that: (1) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.069 - Pilot Services Required
  The consignee of a vessel under the consignee's control shall obtain pilot services for the vessel and shall pay the pilot who pilots the vessel ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.070 - Pilotage Rate Liability
  (a) A consignee who declines the services of a pilot offered outside the bar and enters the port without the aid of a pilot is ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.071 - Recovery Of Compensation
  A pilot who offers pilot services to a vessel required under this chapter to obtain pilot services and whose services are refused is entitled to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.081 - Purpose
  The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) in the public interest, stimulate and preserve maritime commerce on the pilotage grounds of this state by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.082 - Pilot Liability
  A pilot is not liable directly or as a member of an organization of pilots for any claim that: (1) arises from an act or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 66.083 - Pilot Liability Limited
  (a) A pilot providing pilot services is not liable for more than $1,000 for damage or loss caused by the pilot's error, omission, fault, or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Galveston County Pilots Licensing and Regulatory Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for Galveston County ports. (2) "Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, agent, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.003 - Applicability Of Chapter
  (a) This chapter applies only to a Galveston County port. (b) This chapter does not affect the existing laws for ports in other counties, and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.011 - Board
  The board of pilot commissioners for the ports of Galveston County is composed of five commissioners from Galveston County appointed by the governor with the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.012 - Prohibited Interest
  A person may not be a member of the board if the person has a conflict of interest or a direct or indirect interest in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.013 - Oath
  Before beginning service as a board member, each board member must take and sign before a person authorized to administer oaths an oath to faithfully ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.014 - Term Of Office
  (a) Board members serve staggered four-year terms of office. (b) A member holds office until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.015 - Jurisdiction
  The board has exclusive jurisdiction over the piloting of vessels in Galveston County, including intermediate stops and landing places for vessels on navigable streams wholly ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.016 - Administration; Rules
  (a) The board shall administer this chapter and may perform any act or function necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.017 - Duties
  The board shall: (1) recommend to the governor the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for each Galveston County port; (2) accept ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.018 - Pilot Review Board
  The board shall establish a pilot review board, consisting of two branch pilots and three members of the marine industry who reside in Galveston County, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.019 - Unfair Discrimination Prohibited
  (a) In all its duties, including rulemaking, the board may not sanction discriminatory practices or discriminate against a pilot or pilot applicant because of race, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.020 - Open Meetings Law
  Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.021 - Rule Or Rate Change
  (a) The board shall give at least 10 days' notice as provided by this section before the board adopts a rule or changes a pilotage ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.022 - Judicial Review
  Proceedings for judicial review of a board decision shall be brought in a district court in Galveston County. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.031 - License Or Certificate Required
  A person may not provide pilot services unless the person has a license or certificate issued under this chapter for the Galveston County ports in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.032 - Exemption
  The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.033 - Qualifications For License
  To be eligible for a license as a branch pilot, a person must: (1) be at least 25 years of age; (2) be a United ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.034 - Qualifications For Certificate
  To be eligible for a certificate as a deputy branch pilot, a person must: (1) be at least 25 years of age; (2) be a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.035 - Application For License Or Certificate
  To apply for a branch pilot's license or a deputy branch pilot's certificate, a person must give to the board a written application in the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.036 - Consideration Of Application
  As part of its consideration of applications for licenses and certificates, the board may examine and decide on the qualifications of an applicant for the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.037 - Branch Pilot Appointment By Governor
  (a) On filing of the bond and oath required by Section 67.039, the board shall certify to the governor that a person licensed as a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.038 - Deputy Branch Pilot Appointment By Branch Pilot
  (a) Each branch pilot, subject to examination and approval of the board, may appoint two deputy branch pilots. (b) A branch pilot may appoint an ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.039 - Oath; Bond
  (a) A person appointed as a pilot must take the official oath before entering service as a pilot. The oath shall be endorsed on the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.040 - Terms Of Licenses And Certificates
  (a) A branch pilot's license expires on the fourth anniversary of the date it is issued or renewed. (b) A deputy branch pilot's certificate expires ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.041 - Branch Pilot's License Renewal
  (a) The governor shall renew a branch pilot's expiring license if the board recommends renewal. (b) If a pilot applies in writing and qualifies, the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.042 - Deputy Branch Pilot
  A person who has been issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate may not be issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate before the fifth anniversary of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.043 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Branch Pilot's License
  (a) On complaint or on its own motion, and after notice and hearing, the board may suspend a branch pilot's license for not more than ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.044 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Deputy Branch Pilot's Certificate
  A deputy branch pilot certificate may be suspended or revoked by the board in the same manner and for the same reasons as provided for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.045 - Liability To Pilot
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.061 - Pilotage Rate Change
  The board may not change pilotage rates before the first anniversary of the preceding rate change. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.062 - Pilotage Rate Change Application
  (a) An application for a change in a pilotage rate may be filed with each commissioner of the board by: (1) one or more pilots; ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.063 - Objection; Hearing
  (a) If, not later than the 20th day after the date notice is sent, a commissioner receives a written objection to the application from any ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.064 - Board Action On Application
  (a) If an objection to an application for a rate change is not received by any commissioner within the period provided by Section 67.063(a), the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.065 - Pilot Financial Report
  (a) Not later than the 10th day before the date set for a pilotage rate hearing, the pilots who are licensed or certified to serve ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.066 - Factors For Board Consideration
  In acting on a pilotage rate change application, the board shall consider: (1) characteristics of vessels to be piloted; (2) the average number of hours ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.067 - Board Action
  (a) A board order granting, denying, or modifying an application for a rate change must state its effective date. The order is final, except as ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.068 - Reporting And Stenographic Costs
  (a) The board may assess the actual costs the board considers fair and just for reporting and stenographic services necessarily incurred in connection with a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.069 - Order Filed
  (a) The board shall file a copy of its order with the county clerk. (b) The board shall file the order not later than the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.070 - Emergency Pilotage Rates
  (a) The board may establish emergency pilotage rates for the period of an emergency, not to exceed 30 days, if the board finds that: (1) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.071 - Pilot Services Required
  The consignee of a vessel under the consignee's control shall obtain pilot services for the vessel and shall pay the pilot who pilots the vessel ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.072 - Pilotage Rate Liability
  (a) A pilot who charges a pilotage rate for pilot services different from the pilotage rates established under this chapter for the port in which ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.073 - Recovery Of Compensation
  A pilot who offers pilot services to a vessel required under this chapter to obtain pilot services and whose services are refused is entitled to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.081 - Purpose
  The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) in the public interest, stimulate and preserve maritime commerce on the pilotage grounds of this state by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.082 - Pilot Liability
  A pilot is not liable directly or as a member of an organization of pilots for a claim that: (1) arises from an act or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 67.083 - Pilot Liability Limited
  (a) A pilot providing pilot services is not liable for more than $1,000 for damage or loss caused by the pilot's error, omission, fault, or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Brazoria County Pilots Licensing and Regulatory Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.002 - Definitions
  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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.003 - Applicability Of Chapter
  (a) This chapter applies only to a Brazoria County port. (b) This chapter does not affect laws relating to a port in another county and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.004 - Venue
  A suit to enforce a claim, right, or cause of action provided by this chapter shall be brought in Brazoria County. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.011 - Board
  The board of pilot commissioners for the ports of Brazoria County is composed of the navigation and canal commissioners of the Brazos River Harbor Navigation ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.012 - Prohibited Interest
  A person may not be a member of the board if the person, directly or indirectly, is engaged in or has any interest in a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.013 - Oath
  Before beginning service as a board member, each board member must take and sign, before a person authorized to administer oaths, an oath to faithfully ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.014 - Term Of Office
  A board member serves a term of office that coincides with the member's term as a navigation and canal commissioner. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.015 - Jurisdiction
  The board has exclusive jurisdiction over the piloting of vessels in Brazoria County ports, including intermediate stops and landing places for vessels on navigable streams ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.016 - Administration; Rules
  (a) The board shall administer this chapter and may perform any act or function necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.017 - Duties
  The board shall: (1) recommend to the governor the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for each Brazoria County port; (2) accept ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.018 - Pilot Review Board
  The board shall establish a pilot review board, consisting of two branch pilots and three members of the marine industry who reside in Brazoria County, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.019 - Unfair Discrimination Prohibited
  (a) In all its duties, including rulemaking, the board may not sanction discriminatory practices or discriminate against a pilot or applicant because of race, religion, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.020 - Open Meetings Law
  Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.021 - Rule Or Rate Change
  (a) The board shall give at least 10 days' notice as provided by this section before the board adopts a rule or changes a pilotage ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.022 - Judicial Review
  Proceedings for judicial review of a board decision shall be brought in a district court in Brazoria County. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.031 - License Or Certificate Required
  A person may not provide pilot services unless the person has a license or certificate issued under this chapter for the Brazoria County ports in ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.032 - Exemption
  The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates. Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.033 - Qualifications For License
  To be eligible for a license as a branch pilot, a person must: (1) be at least 25 years of age and less than 68 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.034 - Qualifications For Certificate
  To be eligible for a certificate as a deputy branch pilot, a person must: (1) be at least 25 years of age; (2) be a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.035 - Application For License Or Certificate
  (a) To apply for a branch pilot's license or a deputy branch pilot's certificate, a person must give the board a written application in the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.036 - Consideration Of Application
  (a) The board shall carefully consider each application and shall conduct any investigation it considers necessary to determine whether an applicant is qualified for a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.037 - Branch Pilot Appointment By Governor
  (a) On filing of the bond and oath required by Section 68.039, the board shall certify to the governor that a person licensed as a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.038 - Deputy Branch Pilot Appointment By Branch Pilot
  (a) Each branch pilot may appoint, subject to examination and approval by the board, two deputy branch pilots. (b) A branch pilot may appoint an ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.039 - Oath; Bond
  (a) A person appointed as a pilot must take the official oath before entering service as a pilot. The oath shall be endorsed on the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.040 - Terms Of Licenses And Certificates
  (a) A branch pilot's license expires on the fourth anniversary of the date it is issued or renewed, provided that no pilot may furnish pilot ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.041 - Branch Pilot's License Renewal
  (a) The governor shall renew a branch pilot's expiring license if the board recommends renewal. (b) If a pilot applies in writing and qualifies, the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.042 - Deputy Branch Pilot
  A person who has been issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate may not be issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate before the fifth anniversary of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.043 - Health And Drug Certification
  (a) The board may require that certification under Section 68.035(b)(1) be executed annually. (b) The board randomly from time to time may require a branch ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.044 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Branch Pilot's License
  (a) On complaint or on its own motion, and after notice and hearing, the board may suspend a branch pilot's license for not more than ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.045 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Deputy Branch Pilot's Certificate
  A deputy branch pilot's certificate may be suspended or revoked by the board in the same manner and for the same reasons as provided for ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.046 - Liability To Pilot
  (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 ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.061 - Pilotage Rate Change
  The board may not change pilotage rates before the first anniversary of the preceding rate change. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.062 - Pilotage Rates
  Each branch pilot member of the Brazos Pilots Association shall charge the pilotage rates set by the board for pilot services. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.063 - Pilotage Rate Change Application
  (a) An application for a change in a pilotage rate may be filed with each commissioner of the board by: (1) one or more pilots; ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.064 - Objection; Hearing
  (a) If, not later than the 20th day after the date notice of an application for a rate change is sent, a commissioner receives a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.065 - Board Action On Application
  (a) If an objection to an application for a rate change is not received by any commissioner within the period provided by Section 68.064(a), the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.066 - Pilot Financial Report
  (a) Not later than the 10th day before the date set for a pilotage rate hearing, the pilots who are licensed or certified to serve ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.067 - Factors For Board Consideration
  In acting on a pilotage rate change application, the board shall consider: (1) characteristics of vessels to be piloted; (2) costs to pilots to provide ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.068 - Board Action
  (a) A board order granting, denying, or modifying an application for a rate change must state its effective date. The order is final, except as ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.069 - Reporting And Stenographic Costs
  (a) The board may assess the actual costs the board considers fair and just for reporting and stenographic services necessarily incurred in connection with a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.070 - Order Filed
  (a) The board shall file a copy of its order with the county clerk. (b) The board shall file the order not later than the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.071 - Emergency Pilotage Rates
  (a) The board may establish emergency pilotage rates for the period of an emergency, not to exceed 30 days, if the board finds that: (1) ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.072 - Pilot Services Required
  The consignee of a vessel under the consignee's control shall obtain pilot services for the vessel and shall pay the pilots who pilot the vessel ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.073 - Pilotage Rate Liability
  (a) A pilot who charges a rate for pilot services different from the pilotage rates established under this chapter for the port in which the ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.074 - Recovery Of Compensation
  A pilot who offers pilot services to a vessel required under this chapter to obtain pilot services and whose services are refused is entitled to ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.081 - Purpose
  The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) in the public interest, stimulate and preserve maritime commerce on the pilotage grounds of this state by ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.082 - Pilot Liability
  A pilot is not liable directly or as a member of an organization of pilots for a claim that: (1) arises from an act or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.083 - Pilot Liability Limited
  (a) A pilot providing pilot services is not liable for more than $1,000 for damage or loss caused by the pilot's error, omission, fault, or ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.091 - Pilots Association
  The Brazos Pilots Association is a nonprofit association whose membership shall include and be limited to the licensed branch pilots for the Brazoria County ports. ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.092 - Association Purposes
  The purposes of the Brazos Pilots Association are: (1) the leasing, ownership, management, and operation of equipment and facilities suitable for use by member pilots ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.093 - Officers
  (a) The membership of the Brazos Pilots Association shall elect members to serve as officers. The association's officers must include a president, vice president, and ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.094 - Term Of Office
  Each association officer serves a one-year term, beginning on January 1, and continues to serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.095 - Property
  (a) The association may rent or own property, acquire property by gift, purchase, or exchange, and hold title to property that is appropriate for its ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.096 - Independent Contractor
  Although each branch pilot is a member of the association, a branch pilot acts as an independent contractor in performing specific pilot services for a ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.097 - Fee Collection
  (a) The association is delegated the authority to collect in its name on behalf of each branch pilot fees earned by the pilot for pilot ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.098 - Operating Budget
  In December of each year, the association shall adopt, by majority vote, a budget for its operations for the next calendar year. The operating budget ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.099 - Service Fees
  Monthly, the association may retain from fees collected on behalf of each branch pilot, as consideration for services rendered, a pro rata share of 1/12th ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.100 - Fee Distribution
  Not later than the 25th day of each month, the association shall distribute to each branch pilot, as provided by association bylaws, a share of ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.101 - Association Services
  The association shall provide for the use and benefit of each branch pilot member: (1) real property and buildings suitable for use as a pilot ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.102 - Transfer Of Property
  The association may receive from Brazos Pilot Service, Inc., a conveyance of all real and personal property owned and held by that company if all ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.103 - Share Valuation
  The value of all assets of the association shall be determined by an appraisal made by one or more qualified appraisers designated by the association ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.104 - Transfer Of Shares
  (a) The association shall issue one share to a branch pilot on the pilot's initial commissioning if the pilot pays the association a sum equal ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.105 - Facilities Fee
  (a) The association may charge a monthly fee for the use of its facilities to a newly commissioned branch pilot who does not tender payment ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.106 - Limitation On Share Ownership
  (a) Shares of the association may be issued to and owned only by a branch pilot licensed under this chapter, except as provided by Subsection ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 68.107 - Retirement Benefits
  (a) The association may act as an employer for the purpose of maintaining an employee welfare benefit plan or an employee pension benefit plan, as ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 69.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Jefferson and Orange County Pilots Licensing and Regulatory Act. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 745, § ...
• Texas Transportation Code Section 69.002 - Definitions
  In this chapt