Section 161.403 - Executive director - qualifications - compensation, office space, staff, to be provided by department1. The commission shall appoint an executive director, who shall serve as an executive officer of the commission. As a priority, the director shall be a deaf or hard of hearing person or shall have a background and knowledge of deafness and shall be fluent in using and reading American sign language or signed English as a means of communication.2. Salary, office space and staff for the executive director shall be provided by the department of elementary and secondary education.L. 1988 H.B. 1385 § 2, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1783