{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.032","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 66.032","heading":"EXEMPTIONS.","body":"The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to:\n(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\n(2) a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 66. HOUSTON PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. PILOT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.66.htm#66.032","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"327c8f5001e9e3bbdce9251e839b34250acb2f9c58d750adbd2b57a1245efc20","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.031","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.033"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}