Tex. Transportation Code § 66.064
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 66.064, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 66.064. FACTORS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.
Official statutory text
In establishing pilotage rates, the board shall consider factors relevant to determining reasonable and just pilotage rates, including:
(1) characteristics of vessels to be piloted;
(2) the average number of hours spent by a pilot performing:
(A) pilot services on board vessels; and
(B) all pilot services;
(3) costs to pilots to provide the required pilot services;
(4) the public interest in maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable pilot services;
(5) the average wages of masters of United States flag vessels that navigate in the board's jurisdiction and for which the pilotage rate is to be established;
(6) economic factors affecting the shipping industry in the area in which the port is located; and
(7) an adequate and reasonable compensation for the pilots and a fair return on the equipment and vessels that the pilots employ in connection with their duties.
(1) characteristics of vessels to be piloted;
(2) the average number of hours spent by a pilot performing:
(A) pilot services on board vessels; and
(B) all pilot services;
(3) costs to pilots to provide the required pilot services;
(4) the public interest in maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable pilot services;
(5) the average wages of masters of United States flag vessels that navigate in the board's jurisdiction and for which the pilotage rate is to be established;
(6) economic factors affecting the shipping industry in the area in which the port is located; and
(7) an adequate and reasonable compensation for the pilots and a fair return on the equipment and vessels that the pilots employ in connection with their duties.
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