The rate of pilotage that may be adopted under Sections 63.004 and 63.021 on a class of vessel may not, in a port of this state, exceed $6.50 for each foot of water that the vessel draws when piloted. This section does not apply to the rate of pilotage established under:

1. (1) Section 69.001 for:

   1. (A) the public ports of Orange, Port Arthur, and Beaumont; and
   2. (B) privately owned docks or terminals in Orange County or Jefferson County;
2. (2) Chapter 62; or
3. (3) Chapters 66-68.

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