{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 63.001","heading":"GOVERNOR TO APPOINT BOARDS.","body":"(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.\n(b) Each member of the board serves a term of two years.\n(c) When the legislature is not in legislative session, the governor may:\n(1) suspend any commissioner until the next legislative session; and\n(2) fill any vacancy on the board until the next legislative session.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 63. PILOT BOARDS","SUBCHAPTER A. PILOT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.63.htm#63.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"79d14326c7f36746db40d2113eae83f08da6490610f313c9bb1e8973aa90563f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-62.068","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}