Texas Transportation Code Title 4, Chapter 63 - Pilot Boards

SUBCHAPTER A PILOT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

• Texas Section 63.001 - Governor To Appoint Boards
  (a) The governor, with the consent of the senate, shall appoint a board of commissioners of pilots consisting of five persons of respectable standing for...
• Texas Section 63.002 - Disqualification Of Board Member
  A pilot board member may not have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a pilot boat or branch pilot in the business of the...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 63.004 - Pilotage Rates And Rules
  A pilot board may adopt: (1) pilotage rates; (2) rules regarding the stations and times that pilots are required to be on duty and provisions...

SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONAL PILOT COMMITTEES

• Texas Section 63.005 - Appeal Of Board Decision
  An appeal from any decision of a board may be taken to a court. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

SUBCHAPTER C BRANCH PILOTS AND DEPUTY PILOTS

• Texas Section 63.021 - Governor Authorizes Appointment
  (a) For a port having a population and circumstances that do not warrant the appointment of a pilot board in this chapter the governor may...
• Texas Section 63.041 - Appointment Of Branch Pilots
  (a) The governor shall appoint at each port for which a pilot board or provisional pilot committee is established the number of branch pilots necessary...
• Texas Section 63.042 - Appointment Of Deputy Pilots
  (a) Each branch pilot may appoint two deputies, subject to examination and approval by the board. (b) A branch pilot is responsible for the actions...
• Texas Section 63.043 - Oath; Bond
  (a) Each branch pilot shall give a bond, payable to the governor, with two or more sufficient sureties. (b) The bond must: (1) be in...
• Texas Section 63.044 - Residence; Probationary Term
  (a) The board shall specify a term that a person must reside in this state to qualify the person to become a branch pilot for...
• Texas Section 63.045 - Malfeasance; Penalties
  (a) On proof that a branch or deputy pilot took charge of a vessel while intoxicated, the branch or deputy pilot shall: (1) for the...
• Texas Section 63.046 - Suspended Pilot
  A suspended pilot may not exercise the duties of the pilot's office. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas Section 63.047 - Removal Or Reinstatement Of Pilot
  The governor may: (1) remove a branch pilot; or (2) reinstate a branch pilot who has been suspended by the board. Acts 1995, 74th Leg.,...

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