Texas Transportation Code - Section 63.003. Powers And Duties Of Board
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§ 63.003. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) A pilot board
shall:
(1) examine and determine the qualifications of each
applicant for branch or deputy pilot;
(2) recommend meritorious applicants to the governor,
if new appointments are proper;
(3) examine any cause of alleged or suspected
misconduct or inefficiency in a branch or deputy pilot;
(4) keep a record of its proceedings;
(5) hear and determine all disputes that arise
regarding pilots and pilotage;
(6) award to pilots compensation for injurious loss of
time incurred in waiting on vessels or by being carried to sea on a
vessel by default of the master or owner when the pilot might have
been landed;
(7) award to pilots extra compensation for extra
services to vessels in distress; and
(8) superintend and generally attend to all matters
related to pilots and pilotage.
(b) A pilot board, after a hearing, may suspend a pilot for
sufficient cause.
(c) A pilot board may examine and determine the
qualifications of a branch or deputy pilot already appointed when
the board is organized.
(d) A pilot board may restrict all deputy pilots from
piloting over the bar vessels that have over a specified draught of
water.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Section: 62.064 62.065 62.066 62.067 62.068 63.001 63.002 63.003 63.004 63.005 63.021 63.041 63.042 63.043 63.044
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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