Texas Transportation Code
§ 66.0116 — APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR; TERM
TN § 66.0116Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part B. PILOTS · Ch. 66. HOUSTON PILOTS LICENSING AND REGULATORY ACT · Art. B. BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS
Statute text
View on source(a)The City of Houston mayor and city council and the Harris County Commissioners Court shall jointly appoint the chair of the board in January of odd-numbered years. The term of the chair expires on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(b)If the mayor, city council, and commissioners court do not make an appointment within the period specified by this section, the governor shall appoint the chair of the board with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor may appoint the chair only if the original appointing entities fail to make an appointment within the period described by this section, and any subsequent appointment must be made by the appointing entities.
(c)The person appointed as the chair of the board must comply with the qualifications described by Section 61.160, Water Code.
(d)On the second Monday of January in each odd-numbered year, the City of Houston mayor and city council, the Harris County Commissioners Court, and the Harris County judge shall hold a joint meeting to appoint the chair of the board.
(e)In the meeting held under Subsection (d):
(1)each city council member and the mayor shall have one vote; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1346 (S.B. 1915), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.