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89(R) HB 4337 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
89R25983 AND-F
By: Perez of Harris, Canales, Patterson,
H.B. No. 4337
Hernandez
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4337:
By: Craddick
C.S.H.B. No. 4337
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of pilots for the ports of Harris County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 66.002(3), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) "Harris County port" means a place in Harris
or
Chambers
County into which a vessel
using the Houston Ship Channel
enters or from which a vessel
using the Houston Ship Channel
departs
,
and the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of
Mexico
, including any intermediate stops, anchorages, or landing
places
.
SECTION 2. Section 66.015, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 66.015. JURISDICTION. The board has exclusive
jurisdiction over the regulation of pilots who provide pilot
services in Harris County ports, including
any
intermediate stops
,
anchorages, or
[
and
] landing places for vessels on navigable
streams wholly or partially located in the board's jurisdiction.
SECTION 3. Section 66.040(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A deputy branch pilot's certificate expires on the
fourth
[
third
] anniversary of the date it is issued and may [
not
] be
renewed
as provided by Section 66.042
.
SECTION 4. Section 66.042, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 66.042. DEPUTY BRANCH
PILOT'S CERTIFICATE RENEWAL
[
PILOT
]. A person who has been issued a deputy branch pilot's
certificate may
apply to renew the certificate if the deputy branch
pilot is reappointed by a branch pilot as provided by Section 66.038
[
not be issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate before the fifth
anniversary of the date the person was previously issued a deputy
branch pilot's certificate
].
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.