{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 66.017","heading":"DUTIES.","body":"The board shall:\n(1) establish the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for each Harris County port;\n(2) accept applications for pilot licenses and certificates and determine whether each applicant meets the qualifications for a pilot;\n(3) submit to the governor lists of applicants the board finds to be qualified for appointment as pilots;\n(4) establish pilotage rates;\n(5) approve the locations for pilot stations;\n(6) establish times during which pilot services will be available;\n(7) hear and determine complaints relating to the conduct of pilots;\n(8) recommend to the governor each pilot whose license or certificate should not be renewed or should be revoked;\n(9) adopt rules and issue orders to pilots or vessels when necessary to secure efficient pilot services, including minimizing the interference of two-way routes;\n(10) institute investigations or hearings or both to consider casualties, accidents, or other actions that violate this chapter; and\n(11) provide penalties to be imposed on a person who is not a pilot for a Harris County port who pilots a vessel into or out of the port if a pilot offered those services to the vessel.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 2223), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 66. HOUSTON PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.66.htm#66.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"86ded415a0fe1d47ec3be1e65a3e2e39a7b238d00eefdd29cba25b9a1289ef96","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-66.0172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}