Tex. Local Government Code § 281.043: EMPLOYEES.

(a) The board shall employ persons the board considers necessary to conduct the affairs of the authority, including engineers, attorneys, financial advisors, a general manager, bookkeepers, auditors, and secretaries. The board shall determine the term of office and compensation of the employees.

(b) A director may be employed as the general manager of the authority and is entitled to receive compensation in an amount fixed by the other directors. A director employed as general manager shall continue to perform the duties of director. If the general manager is not a director, the general manager shall execute a fidelity bond payable to the authority in the amount of $5,000, conditioned that the person will faithfully perform the duties of general manager.

(c) The board may remove an employee.

(d) The board may require an employee to execute a bond payable to the authority that is conditioned that the person will faithfully perform the duties of the employee.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.