Sec. 62.065. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN VESSELS DECLINING PILOT SERVICES. (a) A vessel that, without the aid of a pilot, enters any channel that is under the jurisdiction of a pilot board of a navigation district and declines pilot services offered by the pilot outside the bar, is liable for the payment of half pilotage to the first pilot whose services the vessel declined.
(b) The consignee of a vessel is responsible for pilot services offered and declined under Subsection (a).
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 62 - Navigation District Pilot Boards
Subchapter D. Pilotage Charges and Liability
Section 62.062. Pilotage Charges Inapplicable
Section 62.063. Pilotage Charges
Section 62.064. Consignee Liability for Pilot Services
Section 62.065. Liability of Certain Vessels Declining Pilot Services
Section 62.066. Liability of Certain Vessels to Other Pilots