Tex. Transportation Code § 441.080: PERSONNEL.

(a) The board or the general manager, if the district has a general manager, may:

(1) employ persons necessary to carry out the business and operation of the district; and

(2) employ or contract with personnel necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b) The board shall determine the employees' terms of employment and compensation.

(c) A majority of the members of the board or the general manager, if the district has a general manager, may dismiss an employee.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.