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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to pilotage rates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 64.002, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 64.002. PILOTAGE RATE. (a) The rate of pilotage that |
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may be adopted under Sections 63.004 and 63.021 on a class of vessel |
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may not, in a port of this state, exceed $6.50 for each foot of water |
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that the vessel draws when piloted. This subsection [section] does |
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not apply to the rate of pilotage established under: |
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(1) Section 69.001 for: |
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(A) the public ports of Orange, Port Arthur, and |
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Beaumont; and |
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(B) privately owned docks or terminals in Orange |
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County or Jefferson County; |
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(2) Chapter 62; or |
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(3) Chapters 66-68. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the rate of pilotage |
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that may be adopted on a class of vessel may not, in a port of this |
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state, exceed 120 percent of the highest pilotage rate applicable |
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in any contiguous state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |