Texas Transportation Code

§ 70.083 — PILOTS LIABILITY LIMITED

TN § 70.083Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 70. PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT · Art. E. PILOT LIABILITY

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(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 neglect in the performance of the pilot services, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b)Subsection (a) does not apply to:

(1)damage or loss that arises because of the wilful misconduct or gross negligence of the pilot;

(2)liability for exemplary damages for gross negligence of the pilot and for which no other person is jointly or severally liable; or

(3)an act or omission related to the ownership and operation of a pilot boat unless the pilot boat is directly involved in pilot services other than the transportation of pilots.

(c)This section does not exempt the vessel or its owner or operator from liability for damage or loss caused by the vessel to a person or property on the grounds that:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.