Texas Transportation Code
§ 366.251 — BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TN § 366.251Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS · Ch. 366. REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES · Art. F. GOVERNANCE
Statute text
View on source(a)An authority is governed by a board of directors.
(b)The commissioners court of each county of the authority shall appoint one director to serve on the board. The governor shall appoint one director to serve on the board.
(c)In addition to directors appointed by a commissioners court under Subsection (b), the commissioners courts of each county that created the authority under Section 366.031 shall appoint one additional director. (c-1) The commissioners court of a county eligible to appoint an additional director under Subsection (c) shall ensure that each director appointed by that commissioners court resides in a different geographic region in that county. To the extent possible, appointments to the board must reflect the diversity of the population of the various counties.
(d)Directors shall be divided into two groups. To the greatest degree possible, each group shall contain an equal number of directors. Directors shall serve terms of two years, except that one group of directors of the initial board of an authority shall serve for a term of one year. (d-1) If one or more directors are subsequently appointed to the board, the directors other than the subsequent appointees shall determine the length of the appointees' terms, to comply with Subsection (d).
(e)The director appointed by the governor must have resided in a county outside the authority that is adjacent to a county of the authority for at least one year before the person's appointment. Each director appointed by a commissioners court under Subsection (b) must have resided in that county for at least one year before the person's appointment. Each director appointed by a commissioners court under Subsection (c) must have resided in a county of the authority for at least one year before the person's appointment.
(f)Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 981, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 981 (S.B. 964), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 981 (S.B. 964), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 727 (H.B. 1394), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.