Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 62.023. DISQUALIFICATION. A person who is engaged directly or indirectly in a towing, pilot boat, or other business affected by or connected with the performance of the duties of a commissioner of pilots may not be a commissioner of pilots. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec…

Sec. 62.024. JURISDICTION. The pilot board of a navigation district has exclusive jurisdiction over the pilotage of a vessel between the Gulf of Mexico and a port of the navigation district, including an intermediate stop or landing place on a navigable stream in the district. Ac…

Sec. 62.025. POWERS OF PILOT BOARDS. The pilot board of a navigation district may: (1) appoint, suspend, or dismiss a branch or deputy pilot of a port in the district; (2) establish pilotage rates for service in the board's jurisdiction; or (3) adopt and enforce rules consistent …

Sec. 62.041. BRANCH OR DEPUTY PILOT QUALIFICATIONS. (a) The pilot board of a navigation district shall examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for the position of branch or deputy pilot before appointing a branch or deputy pilot. (b) The pilot board shall speci…

Sec. 62.042. OATH; BOND. (a) A branch pilot appointed under this chapter or the rules of the pilot board of a navigation district must take the official oath. The oath must be endorsed on the bond required by Subsection (b). (b) The branch pilot must enter into a bond in the amou…

Sec. 62.043. ISSUANCE OF BRANCH PILOT LICENSE. (a) On the filing of the bond and the taking of the oath required by Section 62.042, a commissioner of pilots shall certify to the governor that the branch pilot has qualified. (b) On receiving the certificate, the governor shall iss…

Sec. 62.044. TERM OF BRANCH PILOT LICENSE. (a) The term of a branch pilot commission is four years. (b) If the pilot board of a navigation district dismisses a branch pilot from service, the branch pilot's commission expires. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1…

Sec. 62.045. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY PILOTS. (a) A branch pilot may appoint two deputy pilots, subject to the examination by and approval of the pilot board of a navigation district. (b) The branch pilot may appoint an additional deputy pilot if the pilot board considers the appoin…

Sec. 62.046. SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL OF PILOTS. The pilot board of a navigation district may suspend or dismiss a branch or deputy pilot only for misconduct, inefficiency, or intoxication on duty and after a hearing on the accusation is held before the pilot board at which there …

Sec. 62.061. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "pilot" means a branch or deputy pilot appointed under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 62.062. PILOTAGE CHARGES INAPPLICABLE. Pilotage charges under this subchapter do not apply to a vessel of 20 tons or less or to a vessel that is excepted by a federal statute or regulation. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 62.063. PILOTAGE CHARGES. (a) A pilotage rate charged by a pilot must be fair and just. (b) A pilot shall furnish a schedule of pilotage rates that must be on file at all times in the office of the navigation district commissioners. (c) Each time a change in the rates occurs…

Sec. 62.064. CONSIGNEE LIABILITY FOR PILOT SERVICES. The consignee of a vessel is liable to a pilot for the pilotage of the vessel. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 62.065. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN VESSELS DECLINING PILOT SERVICES. (a) A vessel that, without the aid of a pilot, enters any channel that is under the jurisdiction of a pilot board of a navigation district and declines pilot services offered by the pilot outside the bar, is liab…

Sec. 62.066. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN VESSELS TO OTHER PILOTS. (a) A vessel that goes out of a channel under the jurisdiction of a pilot board of a navigation district without the aid of a pilot is liable for the payment of half pilotage to: (1) the pilot who brought the vessel into …

Sec. 62.067. UNAUTHORIZED PILOT LIABILITY. A person, other than a pilot, who pilots a vessel for which a pilot is required out of or into a port, channel, or waterway under the exclusive jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district is liable to a pilot authorized to p…

Sec. 62.068. RECOVERY OF PILOTAGE CHARGES. (a) A pilot may recover in court compensation for pilotage or services offered. (b) A pilot may bring suit to recover the payment under Section 62.067. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.