Sec. 3808.053. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS. (a) The following persons serve as nonvoting ex officio directors:
(1) the directors of the parks and recreation, planning and development, public works, and civic center departments of the City of Houston;
(2) the chief of police of the City of Houston;
(3) the general manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas; and
(4) the president of each institution of higher learning located in the district.
(b) If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting ex officio director. If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department of the City of Houston that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.
(c) The board may appoint the presiding officer of a nonprofit corporation that is actively involved in activities in the east downtown area of the city of Houston to serve as a nonvoting ex officio director.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
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