Tex. Transp. Code § 63.021 · Subchapter B. PROVISIONAL PILOT COMMITTEES
GOVERNOR AUTHORIZES APPOINTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 authorize the county judge of the county to appoint a provisional pilot committee of not less than three and not more than five persons of good character and maritime experience.
(b) In accordance with this chapter, the committee may:
(1) adopt rates of pilotage and rules for governing pilots;
(2) examine the qualifications of pilots and pilot applicants; and
(3) investigate any case of a pilot charged with misconduct or inefficiency and suspend that pilot if sufficient cause is found.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.63.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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