Tex. Transp. Code § 66.064 · Subchapter D. PILOTAGE RATES
FACTORS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In establishing pilotage rates, the board shall consider factors relevant to determining reasonable and just pilotage rates, including:
(1) characteristics of vessels to be piloted;
(2) the average number of hours spent by a pilot performing:
(A) pilot services on board vessels; and
(B) all pilot services;
(3) costs to pilots to provide the required pilot services;
(4) the public interest in maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable pilot services;
(5) the average wages of masters of United States flag vessels that navigate in the board's jurisdiction and for which the pilotage rate is to be established;
(6) economic factors affecting the shipping industry in the area in which the port is located; and
(7) an adequate and reasonable compensation for the pilots and a fair return on the equipment and vessels that the pilots employ in connection with their duties.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.66.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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