{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-62.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 62.045","heading":"APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY PILOTS.","body":"(a) A branch pilot may appoint two deputy pilots, subject to the examination by and approval of the pilot board of a navigation district.\n(b) The branch pilot may appoint an additional deputy pilot if the pilot board considers the appointment advisable.\n(c) The branch pilot is responsible for the acts of the deputy pilots.\n(d) The branch pilot's own appointment under this chapter is forfeited if the branch pilot appoints a deputy pilot without the pilot board's approval.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 62. NAVIGATION DISTRICT PILOT BOARDS","SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF BRANCH AND DEPUTY PILOTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.62.htm#62.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"69238fda2cbf1f6d1b2712979d9992438916f6b11e73e3132ccf3938aa062c36","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-62.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-62.046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}