Sec. 68.096. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. Although each branch pilot is a member of the association, a branch pilot acts as an independent contractor in performing specific pilot services for a vessel owner or consignee. A branch pilot is solely responsible to each vessel owner or consignee for the manner in which the pilot services are performed.

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