{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 63.003","heading":"POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.","body":"(a) A pilot board shall:\n(1) examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for branch or deputy pilot;\n(2) recommend meritorious applicants to the governor, if new appointments are proper;\n(3) examine any cause of alleged or suspected misconduct or inefficiency in a branch or deputy pilot;\n(4) keep a record of its proceedings;\n(5) hear and determine all disputes that arise regarding pilots and pilotage;\n(6) award to pilots compensation for injurious loss of time incurred in waiting on vessels or by being carried to sea on a vessel by default of the master or owner when the pilot might have been landed;\n(7) award to pilots extra compensation for extra services to vessels in distress; and\n(8) superintend and generally attend to all matters related to pilots and pilotage.\n(b) A pilot board, after a hearing, may suspend a pilot for sufficient cause.\n(c) A pilot board may examine and determine the qualifications of a branch or deputy pilot already appointed when the board is organized.\n(d) A pilot board may restrict all deputy pilots from piloting over the bar vessels that have over a specified draught of water.\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#63.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"aeeb98bd3954f7a666e952ba644f0017ae77769a3eb5f3c1f46f5c61ac4841b5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}