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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 68.001. Short Title - Sec. 68.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 68.002. Definitions - Sec. 68.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 68.003. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 68.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies only...
Section 68.004. Venue - Sec. 68.004. VENUE. A suit to enforce a claim, right,...
Subchapter B. Board of Pilot Commissioners
Section 68.011. Board - Sec. 68.011. BOARD. The board of pilot commissioners for the...
Section 68.012. Prohibited Interest - Sec. 68.012. PROHIBITED INTEREST. A person may not be a...
Section 68.013. Oath - Sec. 68.013. OATH. Before beginning service as a board member,...
Section 68.014. Term of Office - Sec. 68.014. TERM OF OFFICE. A board member serves a...
Section 68.015. Jurisdiction - Sec. 68.015. JURISDICTION. The board has exclusive jurisdiction over the...
Section 68.016. Administration; Rules - Sec. 68.016. ADMINISTRATION; RULES. (a) The board shall administer this...
Section 68.017. Duties - Sec. 68.017. DUTIES. The board shall: (1) recommend to the...
Section 68.018. Pilot Review Board - Sec. 68.018. PILOT REVIEW BOARD. The board shall establish a...
Section 68.019. Unfair Discrimination Prohibited - Sec. 68.019. UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) In all its duties,...
Section 68.020. Open Meetings Law - Sec. 68.020. OPEN MEETINGS LAW. Chapter 551, Government Code, applies...
Section 68.021. Rule or Rate Change - Sec. 68.021. RULE OR RATE CHANGE. (a) The board shall...
Section 68.022. Judicial Review - Sec. 68.022. JUDICIAL REVIEW. Proceedings for judicial review of a...
Subchapter C. Pilot Licenses and Certificates
Section 68.031. License or Certificate Required - Sec. 68.031. LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. A person may not...
Section 68.032. Exemption - Sec. 68.032. EXEMPTION. The requirement to use a pilot does...
Section 68.033. Qualifications for License - Sec. 68.033. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE. To be eligible for a...
Section 68.034. Qualifications for Certificate - Sec. 68.034. QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE. To be eligible for a...
Section 68.035. Application for License or Certificate - Sec. 68.035. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE. (a) To apply...
Section 68.036. Consideration of Application - Sec. 68.036. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION. (a) The board shall carefully...
Section 68.037. Branch Pilot Appointment by Governor - Sec. 68.037. BRANCH PILOT APPOINTMENT BY GOVERNOR. (a) On filing...
Section 68.038. Deputy Branch Pilot Appointment by Branch Pilot - Sec. 68.038. DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT APPOINTMENT BY BRANCH PILOT. (a)...
Section 68.039. Oath; Bond - Sec. 68.039. OATH; BOND. (a) A person appointed as a...
Section 68.040. Terms of Licenses and Certificates - Sec. 68.040. TERMS OF LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES. (a) A branch...
Section 68.041. Branch Pilot's License Renewal - Sec. 68.041. BRANCH PILOT'S LICENSE RENEWAL. (a) The governor shall...
Section 68.042. Deputy Branch Pilot - Sec. 68.042. DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT. A person who has been...
Section 68.043. Health and Drug Certification - Sec. 68.043. HEALTH AND DRUG CERTIFICATION. (a) The board may...
Section 68.044. Suspension or Revocation of Branch Pilot's License - Sec. 68.044. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF BRANCH PILOT'S LICENSE. (a)...
Section 68.045. Suspension or Revocation of Deputy Branch Pilot's Certificate - Sec. 68.045. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT'S CERTIFICATE....
Section 68.046. Liability to Pilot - Sec. 68.046. LIABILITY TO PILOT. (a) A person who is...
Subchapter D. Pilotage Rates
Section 68.061. Pilotage Rate Change - Sec. 68.061. PILOTAGE RATE CHANGE. The board may not change...
Section 68.062. Pilotage Rates - Sec. 68.062. PILOTAGE RATES. Each branch pilot member of the...
Section 68.063. Pilotage Rate Change Application - Sec. 68.063. PILOTAGE RATE CHANGE APPLICATION. (a) An application for...
Section 68.064. Objection; Hearing - Sec. 68.064. OBJECTION; HEARING. (a) If, not later than the...
Section 68.065. Board Action on Application - Sec. 68.065. BOARD ACTION ON APPLICATION. (a) If an objection...
Section 68.066. Pilot Financial Report - Sec. 68.066. PILOT FINANCIAL REPORT. (a) Not later than the...
Section 68.067. Factors for Board Consideration - Sec. 68.067. FACTORS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION. In acting on a...
Section 68.068. Board Action - Sec. 68.068. BOARD ACTION. (a) A board order granting, denying,...
Section 68.069. Reporting and Stenographic Costs - Sec. 68.069. REPORTING AND STENOGRAPHIC COSTS. (a) The board may...
Section 68.070. Order Filed - Sec. 68.070. ORDER FILED. (a) The board shall file a...
Section 68.071. Emergency Pilotage Rates - Sec. 68.071. EMERGENCY PILOTAGE RATES. (a) The board may establish...
Section 68.072. Pilot Services Required - Sec. 68.072. PILOT SERVICES REQUIRED. The consignee of a vessel...
Section 68.073. Pilotage Rate Liability - Sec. 68.073. PILOTAGE RATE LIABILITY. (a) A pilot who charges...
Section 68.074. Recovery of Compensation - Sec. 68.074. RECOVERY OF COMPENSATION. A pilot who offers pilot...
Subchapter E. Pilot Liability
Section 68.081. Purpose - Sec. 68.081. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to:...
Section 68.082. Pilot Liability - Sec. 68.082. PILOT LIABILITY. A pilot is not liable directly...
Section 68.083. Pilot Liability Limited - Sec. 68.083. PILOT LIABILITY LIMITED. (a) A pilot providing pilot...
Subchapter F. Brazos Pilots Association
Section 68.091. Pilots Association - Sec. 68.091. PILOTS ASSOCIATION. The Brazos Pilots Association is a...
Section 68.092. Association Purposes - Sec. 68.092. ASSOCIATION PURPOSES. The purposes of the Brazos Pilots...
Section 68.093. Officers - Sec. 68.093. OFFICERS. (a) The membership of the Brazos Pilots...
Section 68.094. Term of Office - Sec. 68.094. TERM OF OFFICE. Each association officer serves a...
Section 68.095. Property - Sec. 68.095. PROPERTY. (a) The association may rent or own...
Section 68.096. Independent Contractor - Sec. 68.096. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. Although each branch pilot is a...
Section 68.097. Fee Collection - Sec. 68.097. FEE COLLECTION. (a) The association is delegated the...
Section 68.099. Service Fees - Sec. 68.099. SERVICE FEES. Monthly, the association may retain from...
Section 68.100. Fee Distribution - Sec. 68.100. FEE DISTRIBUTION. Not later than the 25th day...
Section 68.101. Association Services - Sec. 68.101. ASSOCIATION SERVICES. The association shall provide for the...
Section 68.102. Transfer of Property - Sec. 68.102. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY. The association may receive from...
Section 68.103. Share Valuation - Sec. 68.103. SHARE VALUATION. The value of all assets of...
Section 68.104. Transfer of Shares - Sec. 68.104. TRANSFER OF SHARES. (a) The association shall issue...
Section 68.105. Facilities Fee - Sec. 68.105. FACILITIES FEE. (a) The association may charge a...
Section 68.106. Limitation on Share Ownership - Sec. 68.106. LIMITATION ON SHARE OWNERSHIP. (a) Shares of the...
Section 68.107. Retirement Benefits - Sec. 68.107. RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) The association may act as...