Tex. Transp. Code § 63.043 · Subchapter C. BRANCH PILOTS AND DEPUTY PILOTS
OATH; BOND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 the amount of $5,000;
(2) be conditioned on the faithful performance of the pilot's duties;
(3) be approved by the board for the port or, if there is not a board for the port, by the county judge of the county in which the port is located; and
(4) be sent to the governor.
(c) A pilot shall take and sign the official oath. The oath shall be endorsed on the bond.
(d) Before the bond is sent to the governor, the bond and oath shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the port is located.
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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