Sec. 66.064.  FACTORS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.  In establishing pilotage rates, the board shall consider factors relevant to determining reasonable and just pilotage rates, including:
(1)  characteristics of vessels to be piloted;
(2)  the average number of hours spent by a pilot performing:
(A)  pilot services on board vessels;  and
(B)  all pilot services;
(3)  costs to pilots to provide the required pilot services;
(4)  the public interest in maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable pilot services;
(5)  the average wages of masters of United States flag vessels that navigate in the board's jurisdiction and for which the pilotage rate is to be established;
(6)  economic factors affecting the shipping industry in the area in which the port is located;  and
(7)  an adequate and reasonable compensation for the pilots and a fair return on the equipment and vessels that the pilots employ in connection with their duties.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.