Texas § TN.63.003 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
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§ TN.63.003. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) A pilot board shall: (1) examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for branch or deputy pilot; (2) recommend meritorious applicants to the governor, if new appointments are proper; (3) examine any cause of alleged or suspected misconduct or inefficiency in a branch or deputy pilot; (4) keep a record of its proceedings; (5) hear and determine all disputes that arise regarding pilots and pilotage; (6) award to pilots compensation for injurious loss of time incurred in waiting on vessels or by being carried to sea on a vessel by default of the master or owner when the pilot might have been landed; (7) award to pilots extra compensation for extra services to vessels in distress; and (8) superintend and generally attend to all matters related to pilots and pilotage. (b) A pilot board, after a hearing, may suspend a pilot for sufficient cause. (c) A pilot board may examine and determine the qualifications of a branch or deputy pilot already appointed when the board is organized. (d) A pilot board may restrict all deputy pilots from piloting over the bar vessels that have over a specified draught of water. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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