Tex. Gov't Code § 492.002 · Chapter 492. TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: GENERAL DUTIES; MEMBERSHIP
COMPOSITION OF BOARD; COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board is composed of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. At least two members must have significant business or corporate experience. The governor may not appoint more than two members who reside in an area encompassed by the same administrative judicial region, as determined by Section 74.042.
(b) Members serve staggered six-year terms with the terms of three members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(c) A member of the board is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.492.htm
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