Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.131 · Subchapter G. JAIL DISTRICT
OATH; COMPENSATION; OFFICERS; QUORUM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each director shall take the constitutional oath of office.
(b) Each director is entitled to receive compensation in an annual amount not to exceed the salary of the highest paid county judge from the counties in the district, as determined by the commissioners court of the receiving county.
(c) At the first board meeting after the appropriate number of directors are elected and have qualified for office by taking the oath, the directors shall select from their number one person to serve as chairman, one person to serve as vice-chairman, and one person to serve as secretary. If the district is composed of one county, the person who serves as vice-chairman shall also perform the duties of the secretary. The chairman shall preside over meetings of the board, and in his absence, the vice-chairman shall preside. The chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary shall perform the duties and may exercise the powers specifically given them in this subchapter or in orders of the board.
(d) A majority of the directors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business of the district, but no official act of the board is valid without the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm
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