Tex. Transp. Code 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 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 63.003 — Powers and Duties of Board, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­63.­htm#63.­003 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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