{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 63.021","heading":"GOVERNOR AUTHORIZES APPOINTMENT.","body":"(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.\n(b) In accordance with this chapter, the committee may:\n(1) adopt rates of pilotage and rules for governing pilots;\n(2) examine the qualifications of pilots and pilot applicants; and\n(3) investigate any case of a pilot charged with misconduct or inefficiency and suspend that pilot if sufficient cause is found.\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 B. PROVISIONAL PILOT COMMITTEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.63.htm#63.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"f2c83b4c5cb73dac32d8a9a932981eb655664e0dddedf8a13c4380155da8faae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}