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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of pilots for the ports of Harris County |
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and the board of pilot commissioners for those ports. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 66.002(3), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "Harris County port" means a place in Harris or |
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Chambers County into which a vessel using the Houston Ship Channel |
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enters or from which a vessel using the Houston Ship Channel |
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departs, and the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of |
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Mexico. |
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SECTION 2. Section 66.012, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 66.012. PROHIBITED INTEREST. A person may not be a |
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member of the board if the person, directly or indirectly, is |
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engaged in or has an interest in any [pilot boat or in any other] |
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business that may adversely affect [affected by or connected with] |
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the performance of the person's duties as a pilot commissioner. |
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SECTION 3. Section 66.040(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A deputy branch pilot's certificate expires on the |
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fourth [third] anniversary of the date it is issued and may [not] be |
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renewed as provided by Section 66.042. |
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SECTION 4. Section 66.042, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 66.042. DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT'S CERTIFICATE RENEWAL |
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[PILOT]. A person who has been issued a deputy branch pilot's |
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certificate may apply to renew the certificate if the deputy branch |
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pilot is reappointed by a branch pilot as provided by Section 66.038 |
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[not be issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate before the fifth |
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anniversary of the date the person was previously issued a deputy |
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branch pilot's certificate]. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |