{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.044","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 63.044","heading":"RESIDENCE; PROBATIONARY TERM.","body":"(a) The board shall specify a term that a person must reside in this state to qualify the person to become a branch pilot for the ports or bays in the board's jurisdiction. The term may not exceed two years.\n(b) The board shall establish a term of probation that a person must serve as a deputy pilot before the person may exercise the functions of a branch pilot. The term may not exceed one year.\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 C. BRANCH PILOTS AND DEPUTY PILOTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.63.htm#63.044","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"9f308aeb16094e214d98eb53b6a1333b71afdf8988fd738ded1b2d89844b140b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-63.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}