Section 379A.021 - Composition and Appointment of Board(a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), the corporation is governed by a board of 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, or 15 directors, as determined by the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation. The number of directors may not exceed the number of members, including the mayor, constituting the governing body of the municipality.(b) The governing body of the municipality that created the corporation shall appoint the members of the board.(c) Directors serve staggered two-year terms, with as near as possible to one-half of the members' terms expiring each year. A director serves at the will of the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation. Successor directors are appointed in the same manner as the original appointees.(d) Each director of a corporation created by a municipality that has a population of 20,000 or more must be a resident of the municipality. Each director of a corporation created by a municipality that has a population of less than 20,000 must be a resident of the municipality or the county in which the major part of the area of the municipality is located.(e) A person is disqualified from serving as a director if the person is an employee, officer, or member of the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation.(f) A director may not have a personal interest in a contract executed by the corporation.(g) In a municipality that has a population of more than one million and that creates a corporation under this chapter, the board of the corporation is composed of persons appointed to the board as required by this subsection. The governing body of the municipality shall appoint one director to the board of the corporation from each district that elects a member to the governing body of the municipality.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 379A.021
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 5/16/2001.