The board shall:
(1) recommend to the governor the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for the Port of Corpus Christi;(2) examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for branch pilot;(3) submit to the governor the names of persons who have qualified under this chapter to be appointed as branch pilots;(4) establish pilotage rates;(5) approve any changes of the locations of pilot stations;(6) establish times during which pilot services will be available;(7) hear and determine complaints relating to the conduct of pilots;(8) make recommendations to the governor concerning any pilot whose license or certificate should not be renewed or should be revoked;(9) adopt rules and issue orders to pilots and vessels when necessary to secure efficient pilot services; and(10) institute investigations or hearings or both to consider casualties, accidents, or other actions that violate this chapter.Tex. Transp. Code § 70.017
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.