Sec. 63.044.  RESIDENCE;  PROBATIONARY TERM.  (a)  The board shall specify a term that a person must reside in this state to qualify the person to become a branch pilot for the ports or bays in the board's jurisdiction.  The term may not exceed two years.
(b)  The board shall establish a term of probation that a person must serve as a deputy pilot before the person may exercise the functions of a branch pilot.  The term may not exceed one year.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.