(a) Each branch pilot may appoint, subject to examination and approval by the board, two deputy branch pilots for whose acts the branch pilot is responsible.(b) A branch pilot may appoint an additional deputy branch pilot if the board considers the appointment advisable.(c) A branch pilot who appoints a deputy branch pilot without the approval of the board forfeits the pilot's appointment as a branch pilot. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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