{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 66.045","heading":"LIABILITY TO PILOT.","body":"(a) A person who is not a pilot and who, in violation of this chapter, pilots a vessel and the consignee of the vessel are liable to a pilot, on written demand, for the amount of the applicable pilotage rate.\n(b) In an action to recover compensation under Subsection (a), the court may include in a judgment in favor of a pilot an award of court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.\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#66.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"cb05df46eff4d3d0f37df916c2ded7b9fc6c5f35e6b70b46465db9923215f69e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}