Texas Transportation Code

§ 61.003 — DUTY TO ENGAGE PILOT

TN § 61.003Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 61. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE

Statute text

(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 on a river, bay, harbor, or port in this state unless the vessel is:

(1)documented as a United States vessel and licensed for and engaged in coastwise trade;

(2)a public vessel;

(3)of 20 gross tons or less;

(4)a motorboat registered in this state; or

(5)subject to Subsection (b), in distress or jeopardy.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.