Sec. 69.032.  EXEMPTIONS.  The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to:
(1)  a vessel sailing under enrollment, or licensed or engaged in the coasting trade between Texas ports or between any Texas port and any other port of the United States;  or
(2)  a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.