Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 121.046 — PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD
HS § 121.046Title 2. HEALTH · Part F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH · Ch. 121. LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH REORGANIZATION ACT · Art. E. PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS
Statute text
View on source(a)The cooperative agreement of a public health district may provide for the creation of an advisory or administrative public health board.
(b)An advisory public health board shall advise the members and director on matters of public health.
(c)An administrative public health board may adopt substantive and procedural rules that are necessary and appropriate to promote and preserve the health and safety of the public. However, an administrative board may not adopt a rule that is not specifically authorized by state law, conflicts with a law of this state, or conflicts with an ordinance of a municipality or county in the district.
(d)A public health board may perform any function relating to the operation of the public health district that is required under the cooperative agreement.
(e)The terms of a cooperative agreement that provides for a public health board must include:
(1)the composition and number of the representatives that compose the public health board;
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Legislative history
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.