Tex. Transportation Code § 62.066
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 62.066, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 62.066. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN VESSELS TO OTHER PILOTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A vessel that goes out of a channel under the jurisdiction of a pilot board of a navigation district without the aid of a pilot is liable for the payment of half pilotage to:
(1) the pilot who brought the vessel into the channel; or
(2) the pilot who first offered the vessel services outside the bar, if the vessel did not employ a pilot to come in.
(b) The consignee of a vessel is responsible for pilot services offered under Subsection (a).
(1) the pilot who brought the vessel into the channel; or
(2) the pilot who first offered the vessel services outside the bar, if the vessel did not employ a pilot to come in.
(b) The consignee of a vessel is responsible for pilot services offered under Subsection (a).
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