A person, other than a pilot, who provides pilot services to a vessel under way or otherwise moving for which a pilot is required out of or into a port, channel, or waterway under the exclusive jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district in Cameron County is liable to any pilot authorized to provide pilot services in the port, channel, or waterway for a payment of twice the current rate that would be charged under the pilot's schedule of pilotage rates for the pilot services.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 821 (S.B. 1353), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.