Tex. Transportation Code § 62.042: OATH; BOND.

(a) A branch pilot appointed under this chapter or the rules of the pilot board of a navigation district must take the official oath. The oath must be endorsed on the bond required by Subsection (b).

(b) The branch pilot must enter into a bond in the amount of $5,000 with one or more good and sufficient sureties. The bond must be:

(1) payable to the governor;

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the branch pilot's duties;

(3) approved by the pilot board; and

(4) deposited in the office of the secretary of state.

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