Section 2308.052 - Membership(a) The governor shall appoint the members of the council as provided by this section.(b) The council is composed of: (1) three voting members who represent education, one of whom represents local public education, one of whom represents public postsecondary education, and one of whom represents vocational education;(2) five voting members who represent organized labor appointed from recommendations made by recognized labor organizations;(3) five voting members who represent business and industry, including business members serving on local workforce development boards or private industry councils;(4) one voting member who represents community-based organizations; and(5) the following ex officio voting members: (A) the commissioner of education;(B) the commissioner of higher education;(C) the commissioner of human services;(D) the executive director of the Texas Department of Economic Development; and(E) the executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission.(c) The membership of the council must represent the geographic diversity of this state.(d) A member of the council who represents a community-based organization may not be a provider of services.(e) Appointments to the council shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2308.052
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 19.04(a), eff. 9/1/1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1472, Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 818, Sec. 2.01, eff. 9/1/2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1170, Sec. 48.01, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.81(a), eff. 9/1/1995.