Tex. Transportation Code § 63.021: GOVERNOR AUTHORIZES APPOINTMENT.

(a) For a port having a population and circumstances that do not warrant the appointment of a pilot board in this chapter the governor may authorize the county judge of the county to appoint a provisional pilot committee of not less than three and not more than five persons of good character and maritime experience.

(b) In accordance with this chapter, the committee may:

(1) adopt rates of pilotage and rules for governing pilots;

(2) examine the qualifications of pilots and pilot applicants; and

(3) investigate any case of a pilot charged with misconduct or inefficiency and suspend that pilot if sufficient cause is found.

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