By Moreno of Harris                                   H.B. No. 3618
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to exempting federally licensed pilots from the
 1-3     requirements of chapter 70.071 of the Transportation Code.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 70.071, Transportation Code is amended by
 1-6     adding a subsection (1) to read as follows:  There is exempted from
 1-7     the provisional consignee of a vessel who engages a federally
 1-8     certified pilot who has successfully completed one hundred round
 1-9     trips of ingress and egress in the above described waters.
1-10           SECTION 2.  This act takes effect September 1, 2001.