1-1 By: Van de Putte (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 344
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 1995;
1-3 May 2, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
1-4 Resources; May 10, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the issuance of a commission to certain branch pilots.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Article 8253, Revised Statutes, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 Art. 8253. Branch pilot license. All branch pilots
1-13 appointed under and in accordance with this law or the rules and
1-14 regulations of such navigation district shall enter into bond with
1-15 one or more good and sufficient sureties in the sum of five
1-16 thousand dollars, payable to the Governor, conditioned upon the
1-17 faithful performance on any employee which together with any other
1-18 insurance under commissioners of such district, and shall be
1-19 deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. Each pilot
1-20 shall also take the official oath, which shall be endorsed on said
1-21 bond. Upon the filing of said bond, and the taking of said oath,
1-22 the commissioners of such district shall certify to the Governor
1-23 that each branch pilot has duly qualified to act as such, and
1-24 thereupon the Governor shall issue to said branch pilot, in the
1-25 name of the state and under the state seal, a commission to serve
1-26 as branch pilot from such ports, across any intermediate bars, to
1-27 the open gulf; and said commission shall be for a term of four
1-28 years, unless such branch pilot shall be dismissed from service by
1-29 said navigation and canal commissioners, in which event such
1-30 commission shall expire.
1-31 SECTION 2. Section 4.06, Houston Pilots Licensing and
1-32 Regulatory Act (Article 8280a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
1-33 amended to read as follows:
1-34 Sec. 4.06. Issuance of license. On filing of the bond and
1-35 oath provided by Section 4.09 of this Act, the board shall certify
1-36 to the governor that the branch pilot has duly qualified to act as
1-37 a branch pilot, and on receiving this certification, the governor
1-38 shall issue to the branch pilot, in the name of the state and under
1-39 the state seal, a commission to serve as a branch pilot from the
1-40 ports within the jurisdiction of the board, across intermediate
1-41 bars, to and from the open gulf.
1-42 SECTION 3. Section 4.06(a), Galveston County Pilots
1-43 Licensing and Regulatory Act (Article 8280b, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-44 Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-45 (a) On filing of the bond and oath provided by Section 4.09
1-46 of this Act, the board shall certify to the governor that the
1-47 branch pilot has duly qualified to act as a branch pilot, and on
1-48 receiving this certification, the governor shall issue to the
1-49 branch pilot, in the name of the state and under the state seal, a
1-50 commission to serve as a branch pilot from the ports within the
1-51 jurisdiction of the board, across intermediate bars, to and from
1-52 the open gulf.
1-53 SECTION 4. Section 4.06(a), Brazoria County Pilots Licensing
1-54 and Regulatory Act (Article 8280c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),
1-55 is amended to read as follows:
1-56 (a) On filing of the bond and oath provided by Section 4.09
1-57 of this Act, the board shall certify to the governor that the
1-58 branch pilot has qualified to act as a branch pilot, and on
1-59 receiving this certification, the governor shall issue to the
1-60 branch pilot, in the name of the state and under the state seal, a
1-61 commission to serve as a branch pilot from the ports within the
1-62 jurisdiction of the board, across intermediate bars, to and from
1-63 the open gulf.
1-64 SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act does not
1-65 affect the validity of a commission issued to a branch pilot before
1-66 the effective date of this Act or any act performed by the branch
1-67 pilot under that commission.
1-68 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-6 passage, and it is so enacted.
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