Tex. Transp. Code Section 61.003
Duty to Engage Pilot

(a)

A consignee having control of a vessel shall obtain a pilot to provide pilot services when the vessel is under way or otherwise moving on a river, bay, harbor, or port in this state unless the vessel is:

(1)

documented as a United States vessel and licensed for and engaged in coastwise trade;

(2)

a public vessel;

(3)

of 20 gross tons or less;

(4)

a motorboat registered in this state; or

(5)

subject to Subsection (b), in distress or jeopardy.

(b)

A consignee having control of a vessel that is in distress or jeopardy shall take on a pilot as soon as the pilot arrives at the vessel.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 61.003 — Duty to Engage Pilot, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­61.­htm#61.­003 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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