Tex. Transp. Code § 66.032

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 66.032 - Exemptions

The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to:

(1) a vessel sailing under enrollment, or licensed or engaged in the coasting trade between Texas ports or between any Texas port and any other port of the United States; or
(2) a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates.

Tex. Transp. Code § 66.032

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.