Tex. Transp. Code § 71.156 · Subchapter D. PILOTAGE CHARGES AND PILOTAGE RATE LIABILITY
RECOVERY OF PILOTAGE CHARGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A pilot may bring an action to recover compensation for pilotage or services offered, including:
(1) pilot services rendered in accordance with Section 71.152 to a vessel in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district in Cameron County;
(2) payment under Section 71.154 for pilot services available but not used; and
(3) payment under Section 71.155 for unauthorized pilot services.
(b) A pilot prevailing in an action brought under this section to recover payment under Section 71.155 is entitled to recover the pilot's court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 821 (S.B. 1353), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.71.htm
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