Texas Transportation Code
§ 69.045 — LIABILITY TO PILOT
TN § 69.045Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 69. JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTY PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT · Art. C. PILOT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Statute text
View on source(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 liable to a pilot, on written demand, for the amount of the applicable pilotage rate.
(b)In an action to recover compensation under Subsection (a), the court may include in a judgment in favor of a pilot an award of court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.