Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 66.017

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The board shall:
(1) establish the number of pilots necessary to provide adequate pilot services for each Harris County port;
(2) accept applications for pilot licenses and certificates and determine whether each applicant meets the qualifications for a pilot;
(3) submit to the governor lists of applicants the board finds to be qualified for appointment as pilots;
(4) establish pilotage rates;
(5) approve the locations for pilot stations;
(6) establish times during which pilot services will be available;
(7) hear and determine complaints relating to the conduct of pilots;
(8) recommend to the governor each pilot whose license or certificate should not be renewed or should be revoked;
(9) adopt rules and issue orders to pilots or vessels when necessary to secure efficient pilot services, including minimizing the interference of two-way routes;
(10) institute investigations or hearings or both to consider casualties, accidents, or other actions that violate this chapter; and
(11) provide penalties to be imposed on a person who is not a pilot for a Harris County port who pilots a vessel into or out of the port if a pilot offered those services to the vessel.