Texas Transportation Code Title 4, Chapter 67 - Galveston County Pilots Licensing And Regulatory Act
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas 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,...
SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS
- Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Section 67.020 - Open Meetings Law
Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
- Texas 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...
SUBCHAPTER C PILOT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
- Texas 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, Sec....
- Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
SUBCHAPTER D PILOTAGE RATES
- Texas 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 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, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
SUBCHAPTER E PILOT LIABILITY
- Texas 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 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 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 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...
Last modified: September 28, 2016