Tex. Gov't Code § 481.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governor shall appoint an executive director of the office who serves at the pleasure of the governor.
(b) The executive director must have demonstrated experience in the areas of economic development or tourism and executive and organizational ability.
(c) The executive director shall manage the affairs of the office under the direction of the governor.
(d) The executive director shall direct the activities of the office and, in performing that duty, shall establish policy, adopt rules, evaluate the implementation of new legislation that affects the office's duties, review and comment on the office's budget, prepare an annual report of the office's activities, conduct investigations and studies, and develop long-range plans for the future goals and needs of the office.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 4, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 11, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 986, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1041, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 1.07, 1.08, 6.01(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.481.htm
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