Texas Utilities Code

§ 13.021 — APPOINTMENT; TERM

UT § 13.021Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES · Ch. 13. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL · Art. B. PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL

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(a)The chief executive of the office is the counsellor.

(b)The counsellor is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.

(c)The appointment of the counsellor shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.

(d)The counsellor serves a two-year term that expires on February 1 of the final year of the term.

Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.