Texas Transportation Code Title 4, Chapter 70 - Port Of Corpus Christi Pilots Licensing And Regulatory Act
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 70.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Port of Corpus Christi Pilots Licensing and Regulatory Act. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 359, Sec....
- Texas Section 70.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority. (2) "Consignee" means a person, including a...
SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS
- Texas Section 70.003 - Application Of Act
(a) This chapter applies only to the Port of Corpus Christi. (b) This chapter does not affect the existing laws for ports in other counties,...
- Texas Section 70.011 - Composition Of Board
The board of pilot commissioners for the Port of Corpus Christi is composed of the seven port commissioners for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority....
- Texas Section 70.012 - 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 70.013 - 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 70.014 - Term Of Office
(a) The term of office of a commissioner of pilots coincides with a person's term as a port commissioner for the Port of Corpus Christi...
- Texas Section 70.015 - Jurisdiction
The board has exclusive jurisdiction over the piloting of vessels in the Port of Corpus Christi, including intermediate stops and landing places for vessels on...
- Texas Section 70.016 - Administration And 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 70.017 - Duties
The board shall: (1) recommend to the governor the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for the Port of Corpus Christi; (2)...
- Texas Section 70.018 - Pilot Review Board
The board shall establish a pilot review board consisting of two active state-commissioned pilots serving the Port of Corpus Christi, two members of the marine...
- Texas Section 70.019 - Unfair Discrimination Prohibited
(a) In all its duties, including rulemaking, the board may not sanction discriminatory practices nor discriminate against a pilot or pilot applicant because of race,...
- Texas Section 70.020 - Open Meetings Law
Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 70.021 - 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 PILOTS' LICENSES OR CERTIFICATES
- Texas Section 70.022 - Judicial Review
Proceedings for judicial review of a board decision shall be brought in a district court in Nueces County. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 70.031 - Licenses Or Certificate Required
A person may not provide pilot services unless the person has a license or certificate issued under this chapter for the Port of Corpus Christi....
- Texas Section 70.032 - 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 70.033 - 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 70.034 - Application For License Or Certificate
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 form...
- Texas Section 70.035 - Consideration Of Application
As part of its consideration of applications for licenses, the board may examine and decide on the qualifications of an applicant for the position of...
- Texas Section 70.036 - Branch Pilot Appointment By Governor
(a) On filing of the bond and oath required by Section 70.038, the board shall certify to the governor that a person licensed as a...
- Texas Section 70.037 - 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 70.038 - Oath And 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 70.039 - 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 70.040 - 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 70.041 - 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 70.042 - 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 70.043 - 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 70.044 - 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 70.061 - Pilotage Rate Change
(a) The board may not change pilotage rates before the first anniversary of the preceding rate change. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 359,...
- Texas Section 70.062 - 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 70.063 - 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 70.064 - 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 70.063(a), the...
- Texas Section 70.065 - 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 70.066 - Factors For Board Consideration
In acting on a pilotage rate change application, the board shall consider: (1) characteristics of vessels to be piloted including but not limited to the...
- Texas Section 70.067 - 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 70.068 - 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 70.069 - Order Filed
(a) The board shall file a copy of its order with the Nueces County clerk. (b) The board shall file the order not later than...
- Texas Section 70.070 - Emergency Pilotage Rates
(a) The board may establish emergency pilotage rates for the period of an emergency, not to exceed 90 days, if the board finds that: (1)...
- Texas Section 70.071 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER E PILOT LIABILITY
- Texas Section 70.072 - 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 Section 70.081 - 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 70.082 - 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 70.083 - Pilots 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