Sec. 375.306. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The board consists of 11 directors.
(b) The municipality shall appoint four members of the board.
(c) The county in which the municipality is primarily located shall appoint four members of the board.
(d) School districts whose boundaries overlap with an authority by 5,000 or more acres shall collectively appoint three members of the board.
(e) Except for the presiding officer, directors are appointed for terms of two years. Terms of directors may be staggered, and directors may serve successive terms.
(f) A vacancy on the board is filled for the unexpired term by the governing body of the entity that appointed the director who served in the vacant position.
(g) The mayor of the municipality and the county judge of the county in which the authority is primarily located shall, alternately, appoint one director to serve as presiding officer, with the first appointment to be made by the mayor of the municipality. The presiding officers shall serve for a term of four years beginning on January 1 of the year following the appointment. The board may elect an assistant presiding officer to preside in the absence of the presiding officer or when there is a vacancy in that office. The board may elect other officers as it considers appropriate.
(h) Sections 375.061, 375.063, 375.066, and 375.068 and the limitations of Section 375.072(c) do not apply to this subchapter.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 334 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (S.B. 1493), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 12 - Planning and Development
Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development
Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General
Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority
Section 375.301. Legislative Findings; Purposes
Section 375.302. Construction of Subchapter
Section 375.304. Eligibility for Creation by Municipality
Section 375.305. Hearing on Creation of Authority
Section 375.306. Board of Directors
Section 375.307. Qualifications of Directors
Section 375.308. Powers of the Authority; Municipality
Section 375.3085. Annexation or Disannexation
Section 375.309. Municipal Annexation of Area in an Authority
Section 375.310. Authority Plan
Section 375.311. Sales and Use Tax
Section 375.312. Zoning and Planning
Section 375.313. Regional Development Agreements