Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
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;(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.Tex. Transp. Code § 61.003
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.