1. (a) A vessel that goes out of a channel under the jurisdiction of a pilot board of a navigation district without the aid of a pilot is liable for the payment of half pilotage to:

   1. (1) the pilot who brought the vessel into the channel; or
   2. (2) the pilot who first offered the vessel services outside the bar, if the vessel did not employ a pilot to come in.
2. (b) The consignee of a vessel is responsible for pilot services offered under Subsection (a).

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.