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  89R25983 AND-F     By: Perez of Harris, Canales, Patterson, H.B. No. 4337       Hernandez     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4337:     By:  Craddick C.S.H.B. No. 4337       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the regulation of pilots for the ports of Harris County.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 66.002(3), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (3)  "Harris County port" means a place in Harris or   Chambers County into which a vessel using the Houston Ship Channel   enters or from which a vessel using the Houston Ship Channel   departs , and the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of   Mexico , including any intermediate stops, anchorages, or landing   places .          SECTION 2.  Section 66.015, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 66.015.  JURISDICTION.  The board has exclusive   jurisdiction over the regulation of pilots who provide pilot   services in Harris County ports, including any intermediate stops ,   anchorages, or [ and ] landing places for vessels on navigable   streams wholly or partially located in the board's jurisdiction.          SECTION 3.  Section 66.040(b), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  A deputy branch pilot's certificate expires on the   fourth [ third ] anniversary of the date it is issued and may [ not ] be   renewed as provided by Section 66.042 .          SECTION 4.  Section 66.042, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 66.042.  DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT'S CERTIFICATE RENEWAL   [ PILOT ]. A person who has been issued a deputy branch pilot's   certificate may apply to renew the certificate if the deputy branch   pilot is reappointed by a branch pilot as provided by Section 66.038   [ not be issued a deputy branch pilot's certificate before the fifth   anniversary of the date the person was previously issued a deputy   branch pilot's certificate ].          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.