{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-69.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 69.045","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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 69. JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTY PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. PILOT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.69.htm#69.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"30bdc5b73b09b17ce70d92512ead3f2226989e286f06d2a3b6ec5969fef68837","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-69.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-69.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}