Texas § 71.001 DEFINITIONS.

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§ 71.001 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 71.001

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Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 71.001 (2026).

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Sec. 71.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1)"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.

(2)"Navigation district" means a navigation district included in:

(A)Subchapters C, D, E, F, G, and H, Chapter 60 , Water Code;

(B)Subchapter E , Chapter 61 , Water Code; or

(C)Sections 62.154 through 62.159 , Water Code.

(3)"Pilot" means a person who is licensed as a branch pilot or certified as a deputy branch pilot under this chapter.

(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 p

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Sec. 71.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "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.
(2) "Navigation district" means a navigation district included in:
(A) Subchapters C, D, E, F, G, and H, Chapter 60 , Water Code;
(B) Subchapter E , Chapter 61 , Water Code; or
(C) Sections 62.154 through 62.159 , Water Code.
(3) "Pilot" means a person who is licensed as a branch pilot or certified as a deputy branch pilot under this chapter.
(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 waterway leading from the port to the Gulf of Mexico.
(7) "Vessel" means an oceangoing vessel.