{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-68.036","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 68.036","heading":"CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION.","body":"(a) The board shall carefully consider each application and shall conduct any investigation it considers necessary to determine whether an applicant is qualified for a license or certificate.\n(b) As part of its consideration of applications for licenses and certificates, the board may develop and administer examinations to determine an applicant's knowledge of piloting, management of vessels, and the water in the board's jurisdiction.\n(c) The board may not disapprove an application for certification as a deputy branch pilot made by a person who has a written recommendation for the certification from a branch pilot unless the board, after notice to the applicant, has provided the applicant a hearing on the applicant's qualifications.\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 C. PILOT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.68.htm#68.036","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"8197b55b1e155f7e270c5837f7b6c0f4101897177d03b1f0a8b93872e2cd893f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-68.035","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-68.037"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}