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Texas Transportation Code § 63.045

Malfeasance; Penalties

Pilot Boards · Branch Pilots and Deputy Pilots

(a) On proof that a branch or deputy pilot took charge of a vessel while intoxicated, the branch or deputy pilot shall:

(1) for the first offense, be suspended for one month; and

(2) for the second offense, be dismissed and rendered incapable of serving as either a branch or deputy pilot.

(b) A branch or deputy pilot who wilfully or negligently causes the wreck of a vessel shall be dismissed and disqualified from again serving as either a branch or deputy pilot.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.