Tex. Transportation Code § 62.025: POWERS OF PILOT BOARDS.

The pilot board of a navigation district may:

(1) appoint, suspend, or dismiss a branch or deputy pilot of a port in the district;

(2) establish pilotage rates for service in the board's jurisdiction; or

(3) adopt and enforce rules consistent with this chapter about the appointment, qualification, or regulation of branch or deputy pilots that are needed to govern those pilots and for the proper operation of the district's ports.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.