Texas Transportation Code

§ 66.002 — DEFINITIONS

TN § 66.002Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 66. HOUSTON PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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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, subagent, firm, or corporation or any combination of those persons, who enters or clears a vessel at the office of the collector of customs.

(3)"Harris County port" means a place in Harris County into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs and the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico.

(4)"Pilot" means a person who is licensed as a branch pilot or certified as a deputy branch pilot under this chapter.

(5)"Pilotage rate" means the remuneration a pilot may lawfully charge a vessel for pilot services. (5-a) "Pilot commissioner" means a member of the board.

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1346 (S.B. 1915), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.