Tex. Transp. Code § 67.033 · Subchapter C. PILOT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To be eligible for a license as a branch pilot, a person must:
(1) be at least 25 years of age;
(2) be a United States citizen;
(3) as of the date the license is issued, have resided continuously in this state for at least two years;
(4) have at least two years' service as a deputy branch pilot and successfully complete the board-approved training program;
(5) have controlled the navigation of vessels such as the person would pilot;
(6) have extensive experience in the docking and undocking of vessels;
(7) be in good mental and physical health;
(8) have good moral character; and
(9) possess the requisite skill as a navigator and pilot to perform competently and safely the duties of a branch 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.67.htm
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- sha256 f8d955e624814010ca0597ac3478d60420030a7804e2fe5035568a804085c4fe
- 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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