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Texas Transportation Code - Section 68.038. Deputy Branch Pilot Appointment By Branch Pilot

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§ 68.038. DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT APPOINTMENT BY BRANCH 
PILOT.  (a) Each branch pilot may appoint, subject to examination 
and approval by the board, two deputy branch pilots.
	(b)  A branch pilot may appoint an additional deputy branch 
pilot if the board considers the appointment advisable.
	(c)  The board may not approve an appointment if the 
appointee is related to the branch pilot within the second degree by 
affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity, as determined 
under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, unless each 
member of the Brazos Pilots Association recommends the appointment 
in writing.
	(d)  A branch pilot who appoints a deputy branch pilot 
without the approval of the board forfeits the pilot's appointment 
as a branch pilot.

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

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