{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-68.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 68.017","heading":"DUTIES.","body":"The board shall:\n(1) recommend to the governor the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for each Brazoria County port;\n(2) accept applications for pilot licenses and certificates and determine whether each applicant meets the qualifications for a pilot;\n(3) provide the names of all qualified applicants for certificates to the Brazos Pilots Association;\n(4) submit to the governor the names of persons who have qualified under this chapter to be commissioned as branch pilots;\n(5) establish pilotage rates;\n(6) approve the locations for pilot stations;\n(7) establish times during which pilot services will be available;\n(8) hear and determine complaints relating to the conduct of pilots;\n(9) recommend to the governor each pilot whose license or certificate should not be renewed or should be revoked;\n(10) adopt rules and issue orders to pilots or vessels when necessary to secure efficient pilot services;\n(11) institute investigations or hearings or both to consider casualties, accidents, or other actions that violate this chapter;\n(12) provide penalties to be imposed on a person who is not a pilot for a Brazoria County port who pilots a vessel into or out of the port; and\n(13) approve a training program for deputy branch pilots.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 68. BRAZORIA COUNTY PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.68.htm#68.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"72b93020acd4e8e79178dda26facb45a3b5b2fe6849dff709cbab0e4c264e125","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-68.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-68.018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}