{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3815.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3815.053","heading":"EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS.","body":"(a) The following persons serve as nonvoting ex officio directors:\n(1) the directors of the parks and recreation, planning and development, public works, and civic center departments of the City of Houston;\n(2) the chief of police of the City of Houston;\n(3) the general manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas; and\n(4) the president of each institution of higher learning located in the district.\n(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 as a director a representative of another department of the City of Houston that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.\n(c) The board may appoint the presiding officer of a nonprofit corporation actively involved in activities in the southeast area of the city of Houston to serve as a nonvoting ex officio director.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 4. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT","SUBTITLE C. DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT","CHAPTER 3815. GREATER SOUTHEAST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3815.htm#3815.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"15a2200ebcd70232775494d51121e2911983071779cc6027a77b04c0e8e6357c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3815.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3815.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}