Tex. Transp. Code § 69.033 · 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 for the ports within the jurisdiction of the board, a person must:
(1) be at least 25 years of age and younger than 68 years of age unless exempted under the provisions of Section 69.040(b);
(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 one year's service as a deputy branch pilot or equivalent service piloting vessels of at least 5,000 gross tons within the board's jurisdiction;
(5) have successfully completed the board-approved training program;
(6) have commanded or controlled the navigation of vessels such as the person would pilot;
(7) have extensive experience in the docking and undocking of vessels;
(8) be in good mental and physical health;
(9) have good moral character;
(10) possess the requisite skill as a navigator and pilot to perform competently and safely the duties of a branch pilot; and
(11) hold a license under federal law to act as a pilot on vessels that navigate water on which the applicant will furnish pilot services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.69.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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