{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-61.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 61.003","heading":"DUTY TO ENGAGE PILOT.","body":"(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 the vessel is:\n(1) documented as a United States vessel and licensed for and engaged in coastwise trade;\n(2) a public vessel;\n(3) of 20 gross tons or less;\n(4) a motorboat registered in this state; or\n(5) subject to Subsection (b), in distress or jeopardy.\n(b) A consignee having control of a vessel that is in distress or jeopardy shall take on a pilot as soon as the pilot arrives at the vessel.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 61. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.61.htm#61.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"f2ad7b70dcb9bc1bd59dca3ccd6de47358f8329f86b3dc1722649f4f25693a98","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-61.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-61.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}