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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 9. SAFETY |
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Subtitle B. EMERGENCIES |
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Chapter 772. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS |
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Subchapter D. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OVER 20,000 |
Sec. 772.306. BOARD OF MANAGERS
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(a) A district is governed by a board of managers.
(b) If the most populous municipality in the district has a population of more than 140,000, the board consists of:
(1) one member for each county in the district appointed by the commissioners court of each county;
(2) two members appointed by the governing body of the most populous municipality in the district;
(3) one member appointed by the governing body of the second most populous municipality in the district;
(4) one member appointed as provided by this section to represent the other municipalities located in whole or part in the district; and
(5) one member appointed by the principal service supplier.
(c) If Subsection (b) does not apply to a district, the board consists of:
(1) the following members representing the county or counties in the district:
(A) if the district contains only one county, two members appointed by the commissioners court of the county;
(B) if the district originally contained only one county but contains more than one county when the appointment is made, two members appointed by the commissioners court of the county in which the district was originally located, and one member appointed by the commissioners court of each other county in the district; or
(C) if the district originally contained more than one county and the district contains more than one county when the appointment is made, one member appointed by the commissioners court of each county in the district;
(2) two members appointed jointly by the majority vote of the municipalities voting on the appointment and located in whole or part in the district;
(3) one member appointed jointly by the volunteer fire departments operating wholly or partly in the district, with the appointment process coordinated by the county fire marshal or marshals of the county or counties in the district; and
(4) one member appointed by the principal service supplier.
(d) The board member appointed by the principal service supplier is a nonvoting member. If the board is appointed under Subsection (c), the principal service supplier may waive its right to appoint the board member and designate another service supplier serving all or part of the district to make the appointment.
(e) The board member appointed under Subsection (b)(4) is appointed by the mayor's council established to administer urban development block grant funds, if one exists in the district. Otherwise, the member is appointed by the other members of the board on the advice and recommendation of the governing bodies of all the municipalities represented by the member.
(f) The initial board members appointed by municipalities under Subsection (c)(2) are appointed by all the municipalities located in whole or part in the district.
(g) Board members are appointed for staggered terms of two years, with as near as possible to one-half of the members' terms expiring each year.
(h) A board member may be removed from office at will by the entity that appointed the member.
(i) A vacancy on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the manner provided for the original appointment to that position.
(j) Board members serve without compensation. The district shall pay all expenses necessarily incurred by the board in performing its functions under this subchapter.
(k) The board may appoint from among its membership a presiding officer and any other officers it considers necessary.
(l) The director or a board member may be appointed as secretary of the board. The board shall require the secretary to keep suitable records of all proceedings of each board meeting. After each meeting the presiding officer at the meeting shall read and sign the record and the secretary shall attest the record.
(m) Voting members of the board may meet in executive session in accordance with Chapter 551, Government Code.
(n) A majority of the voting members of the board constitutes a quorum.
(o) In an emergency communication district subject to this subchapter located entirely in a county with a population of less than 30,000, the board consists of:
(1) the appropriate members listed in Subsection (c); and
(2) a peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, appointed by the county sheriff.