Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 63.003. Powers and Duties of Board

(1) examine and determine the qualifications of each applicant for branch or deputy pilot;

(2) recommend meritorious applicants to the governor, if new appointments are proper;

(3) examine any cause of alleged or suspected misconduct or inefficiency in a branch or deputy pilot;

(4) keep a record of its proceedings;

(5) hear and determine all disputes that arise regarding pilots and pilotage;

(6) award to pilots compensation for injurious loss of time incurred in waiting on vessels or by being carried to sea on a vessel by default of the master or owner when the pilot might have been landed;

(7) award to pilots extra compensation for extra services to vessels in distress; and

(8) superintend and generally attend to all matters related to pilots and pilotage.