Sec. 68.017.  DUTIES.  The board shall:
(1)  recommend to the governor the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for each Brazoria County port;
(2)  accept applications for pilot licenses and certificates and determine whether each applicant meets the qualifications for a pilot;
(3)  provide the names of all qualified applicants for certificates to the Brazos Pilots Association;
(4)  submit to the governor the names of persons who have qualified under this chapter to be commissioned as branch pilots;
(5)  establish pilotage rates;
(6)  approve the locations for pilot stations;
(7)  establish times during which pilot services will be available;
(8)  hear and determine complaints relating to the conduct of pilots;
(9)  recommend to the governor each pilot whose license or certificate should not be renewed or should be revoked;
(10)  adopt rules and issue orders to pilots or vessels when necessary to secure efficient pilot services;
(11)  institute investigations or hearings or both to consider casualties, accidents, or other actions that violate this chapter;
(12)  provide penalties to be imposed on a person who is not a pilot for a Brazoria County port who pilots a vessel into or out of the port;  and
(13)  approve a training program for deputy branch pilots.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.