Texas Statutes
§ 61.002 — DEFINITIONS.
Texas § 61.002
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Code TNTransportation Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 61.002 (2026).
Text
Sec. 61.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1)"Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for a port.
(2)"Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, agent, subagent, firm, or corporation or any combination of those persons, who enters or clears a vessel at the office of the collector of customs.
(3)"Pilot" means a licensed state pilot or certified deputy pilot.
(4)"Pilot services" means acts of a pilot in piloting through navigable water in this state and ports in which the pilot is licensed or certified as a pilot.
(5)"Pilotage rate" means the remuneration a pilot may charge a vessel for the pilot's services.
(6)"Port" means a place in this state into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs. If the port connects to the Gulf of Mexico, "port" includes the w
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Related
The Galveston-Texas City Pilots Association v. Houston Pilots
(S.D. Texas, 2025)
Legislative History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Nearby Sections
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§ 61.001
SHORT TITLE.§ 61.002
DEFINITIONS.§ 61.003
DUTY TO ENGAGE PILOT.§ 61.004
PAYMENT FOR PILOT.§ 61.005
PILOT OPTIONAL.§ 61.006
BOARD JURISDICTION.§ 61.007
ATTORNEY GENERAL.§ 61.008
LIABILITY TO PILOT.§ 61.009
LIABILITY TO BOARD.§ 61.010
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