Sec. 2306.6011. TRAINING. (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the Manufactured Housing Board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the Manufactured Housing Board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.
(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:
(1) the legislation that created the division and the Manufactured Housing Board;
(2) the programs operated by the division;
(3) the role and functions of the division;
(4) the rules of the division, with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
(5) the current budget for the division;
(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the division;
(7) the requirements of:
(A) the open meetings law, Chapter 551;
(B) the public information law, Chapter 552;
(C) the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001; and
(D) other laws relating to public officials, including conflict-of-interest laws; and
(8) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the division or the Texas Ethics Commission.
(c) A person appointed to the Manufactured Housing Board is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 1.29, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle G - Economic Development Programs Involving Both State and Local Governments
Chapter 2306 - Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Subchapter AA. Manufactured Housing Division
Section 2306.6001. Definitions
Section 2306.6002. Regulation and Enforcement
Section 2306.6003. Manufactured Housing Board
Section 2306.6004. Manufactured Housing Board Membership
Section 2306.6005. Conflict of Interest
Section 2306.6006. Terms; Vacancy
Section 2306.6007. Presiding Officer
Section 2306.6008. Grounds for Removal
Section 2306.6009. Reimbursement
Section 2306.6012. Appropriations; Donations
Section 2306.6013. Budget; Sharing of Department Personnel, Equipment, and Facilities
Section 2306.6014. Division Director
Section 2306.6016. Separation of Responsibilities
Section 2306.6017. Standards of Conduct
Section 2306.6018. Equal Employment Opportunity
Section 2306.6021. Public Participation
Section 2306.6023. Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution