Tex. Transp. Code § 63.045 · Subchapter C. BRANCH PILOTS AND DEPUTY PILOTS
MALFEASANCE; PENALTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 first offense, be suspended for one month; and
(2) for the second offense, be dismissed and rendered incapable of serving as either a branch or deputy pilot.
(b) A branch or deputy pilot who wilfully or negligently causes the wreck of a vessel shall be dismissed and disqualified from again serving as either a branch or deputy pilot.
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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- Composed by
- 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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