82R10412 AJZ-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3202
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to pilotage rates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 64.002, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 64.002. PILOTAGE RATE. (a) The rate of pilotage that
may be adopted under Sections 63.004 and 63.021 on a class of vessel
may not, in a port of this state, exceed $6.50 for each foot of water
that the vessel draws when piloted. This subsection [section] does
not apply to the rate of pilotage established under:
(1) Section 69.001 for:
(A) the public ports of Orange, Port Arthur, and
Beaumont; and
(B) privately owned docks or terminals in Orange
County or Jefferson County;
(2) Chapter 62; or
(3) Chapters 66-68.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the rate of pilotage
that may be adopted on a class of vessel may not, in a port of this
state, exceed 120 percent of the highest pilotage rate applicable
in any contiguous state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.