Bill Text: TX HB3203 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to compulsory pilotage, including bond requirements for certain branch pilots.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Transportation [HB3203 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3203-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Dallas | H.B. No. 3203 |
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relating to compulsory pilotage, including bond requirements for | ||
certain branch pilots. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.003(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A consignee having control of a vessel shall obtain a | ||
pilot to provide pilot services when the vessel is under way or | ||
otherwise moving on a river, bay, harbor, or port in this state | ||
unless: | ||
(1) the vessel is: | ||
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and licensed for and engaged in coastwise trade; | ||
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or | ||
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or jeopardy; or | ||
(2) the consignee having control of a vessel that is a | ||
passenger cruiser has on six or more occasions: | ||
(A) provided pilot services for the vessel to the | ||
port from open sea or from the port to open sea; or | ||
(B) served as the master of the vessel while a | ||
pilot provided pilot services for the vessel. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 62.042(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The branch pilot must enter into a bond in the amount of | ||
$100,000 [ |
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The bond must be: | ||
(1) payable to the governor; | ||
(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the | ||
branch pilot's duties; | ||
(3) approved by the pilot board; and | ||
(4) deposited in the office of the secretary of state. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 63.043(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The bond must: | ||
(1) be in the amount of $100,000 [ |
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(2) be conditioned on the faithful performance of the | ||
pilot's duties; | ||
(3) be approved by the board for the port or, if there | ||
is not a board for the port, by the county judge of the county in | ||
which the port is located; and | ||
(4) be sent to the governor. | ||
SECTION 4. A branch pilot must comply with the amount of the | ||
bond required by Section 62.042(b) or 63.043(b), Transportation | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, by the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date the branch pilot is appointed; or | ||
(2) December 1, 2011. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |