Texas Transportation Code Title 4, Chapter 61 - Compulsory Pilotage

• Texas Section 61.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Compulsory Pilotage Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas 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 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 Section 61.004 - Payment For Pilot
  A consignee shall pay a pilot at the applicable pilotage rates. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas 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 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 Section 61.007 - Attorney General
  The attorney general shall assist a board in the enforcement of this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas 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 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 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, Sec. 1,...
• Texas 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016