TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 4. NAVIGATION
SUBTITLE B. PILOTS
CHAPTER 63. PILOT BOARDS
SUBCHAPTER A. PILOT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Sec. 63.001. GOVERNOR TO APPOINT BOARDS. (a) The governor, with the consent of the senate, shall appoint a board of commissioners of pilots consisting of five persons of respectable standing for each port having a population and circumstances that warrant a pilot board.
(b) Each member of the board serves a term of two years.
(c) When the legislature is not in legislative session, the governor may:
(1) suspend any commissioner until the next legislative session; and
(2) fill any vacancy on the board until the next legislative session.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.