By Van de Putte H.B. No. 344
74R884 JMM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the issuance of a commission to certain branch pilots.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Article 8253, Revised Statutes, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Art. 8253. Branch pilot license. All branch pilots
1-7 appointed under and in accordance with this law or the rules and
1-8 regulations of such navigation district shall enter into bond with
1-9 one or more good and sufficient sureties in the sum of five
1-10 thousand dollars, payable to the Governor, conditioned upon the
1-11 faithful performance on any employee which together with any other
1-12 insurance under commissioners of such district, and shall be
1-13 deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. Each pilot
1-14 shall also take the official oath, which shall be endorsed on said
1-15 bond. Upon the filing of said bond, and the taking of said oath,
1-16 the commissioners of such district shall certify to the Governor
1-17 that each branch pilot has duly qualified to act as such, and
1-18 thereupon the Governor shall issue to said branch pilot, in the
1-19 name of the state and under the state seal, a commission to serve
1-20 as branch pilot from such ports, across any intermediate bars, to
1-21 the open gulf; and said commission shall be for a term of four
1-22 years, unless such branch pilot shall be dismissed from service by
1-23 said navigation and canal commissioners, in which event such
1-24 commission shall expire.
2-1 SECTION 2. Section 4.06, Houston Pilots Licensing and
2-2 Regulatory Act (Article 8280a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
2-3 amended to read as follows:
2-4 Sec. 4.06. Issuance of license. On filing of the bond and
2-5 oath provided by Section 4.09 of this Act, the board shall certify
2-6 to the governor that the branch pilot has duly qualified to act as
2-7 a branch pilot, and on receiving this certification, the governor
2-8 shall issue to the branch pilot, in the name of the state and under
2-9 the state seal, a commission to serve as a branch pilot from the
2-10 ports within the jurisdiction of the board, across intermediate
2-11 bars, to and from the open gulf.
2-12 SECTION 3. Section 4.06(a), Galveston County Pilots
2-13 Licensing and Regulatory Act (Article 8280b, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-14 Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
2-15 (a) On filing of the bond and oath provided by Section 4.09
2-16 of this Act, the board shall certify to the governor that the
2-17 branch pilot has duly qualified to act as a branch pilot, and on
2-18 receiving this certification, the governor shall issue to the
2-19 branch pilot, in the name of the state and under the state seal, a
2-20 commission to serve as a branch pilot from the ports within the
2-21 jurisdiction of the board, across intermediate bars, to and from
2-22 the open gulf.
2-23 SECTION 4. Section 4.06(a), Brazoria County Pilots Licensing
2-24 and Regulatory Act (Article 8280c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),
2-25 is amended to read as follows:
2-26 (a) On filing of the bond and oath provided by Section 4.09
2-27 of this Act, the board shall certify to the governor that the
3-1 branch pilot has qualified to act as a branch pilot, and on
3-2 receiving this certification, the governor shall issue to the
3-3 branch pilot, in the name of the state and under the state seal, a
3-4 commission to serve as a branch pilot from the ports within the
3-5 jurisdiction of the board, across intermediate bars, to and from
3-6 the open gulf.
3-7 SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act does not
3-8 affect the validity of a commission issued to a branch pilot before
3-9 the effective date of this Act or any act performed by the branch
3-10 pilot under that commission.
3-11 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-17 passage, and it is so enacted.