{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-70.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 70.017","heading":"DUTIES.","body":"The board shall:\n(1) recommend to the governor the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for the Port of Corpus Christi;\n(2) examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for branch pilot;\n(3) submit to the governor the names of persons who have qualified under this chapter to be appointed as branch pilots;\n(4) establish pilotage rates;\n(5) approve any changes of the locations of 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) make recommendations to the governor concerning any pilot whose license or certificate should not be renewed or should be revoked;\n(9) adopt rules and issue orders to pilots and vessels when necessary to secure efficient pilot services; and\n(10) institute investigations or hearings or both to consider casualties, accidents, or other actions that violate this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 4. NAVIGATION","SUBTITLE B. PILOTS","CHAPTER 70. PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.70.htm#70.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"e9a9be49388b4ebe3f92cf9ce4e1e2c71d042e99a46e4fb1a32221b82d85c9ec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-70.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-70.018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}