Tex. Transportation Code § 63.001: GOVERNOR TO APPOINT BOARDS.

(a) The governor, with the consent of the senate, shall appoint a board of commissioners of pilots consisting of five persons of respectable standing for each port having a population and circumstances that warrant a pilot board.

(b) Each member of the board serves a term of two years.

(c) When the legislature is not in legislative session, the governor may:

(1) suspend any commissioner until the next legislative session; and

(2) fill any vacancy on the board until the next legislative session.

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