Sec. 66.016. ADMINISTRATION; RULES. (a) The board shall administer this chapter and may perform any act or function necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter.
(b) The board may adopt rules to carry out this chapter.
Text of subsection as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1346 (S.B. 1915), Sec. 7
(c) Rules under this chapter involving the adoption and implementation of ship movement strategies, including navigation safety guidelines, for use by pilots in the navigable water in this state may be made only on a recommendation from not less than 80 percent of the pilots authorized to operate under the board's jurisdiction.
Text of subsection as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 2223), Sec. 2
(c) The board may adopt a rule under this chapter involving ship movement strategies, including navigation safety guidelines, for use by pilots in the navigable water in this state only on a recommendation from not less than 80 percent of the pilots authorized to operate under the board's jurisdiction.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1346 (S.B. 1915), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 2223), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.