Tex. Transp. Code § 71.107 · Subchapter C. REGULATION OF BRANCH PILOTS AND DEPUTY BRANCH PILOTS
APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Only a branch pilot licensed for water in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district in Cameron County may appoint a deputy branch pilot to serve in that board's jurisdiction.
(b) A branch pilot serving in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district in Cameron County may appoint two deputy branch pilots, subject to that board's examination and approval.
(c) A branch pilot may appoint an additional deputy branch pilot under this section if the applicable pilot board considers the appointment advisable.
(d) A branch pilot who appoints a deputy branch pilot under this section is responsible for the acts of the deputy branch pilot.
(e) A branch pilot who appoints a deputy branch pilot under this section without the approval of the applicable pilot board forfeits the pilot's appointment as a branch pilot.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 821 (S.B. 1353), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.71.htm
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- sha256 985ad628733f485c203a3a011b72acf8a3f702906f0d81243d0b6a3b07a49087
- 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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