Texas · Texas Transportation Code
Tex. Transp. Code § 70.044: LIABILITY TO PILOT
What this law says, in plain English
A non-pilot who illegally operates a vessel and the vessel's consignee owe the pilot the applicable pilotage rate. Courts may award the pilot court costs and attorney's fees in recovery actions.
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