Tex. Transp. Code § 451.506 · Subchapter K. BOARDS
TERM LIMITATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A member of the board may be reappointed except as provided by this section.
(b) An individual may not serve more than eight years on the same board and may not be appointed to a term for which service to the completion of the term would exceed this limitation. This subsection applies only to a board of an authority:
(1) in which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.9 million or less than 320,000; or
(2) created before 1980 and in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million.
(b-1) This subsection applies only to an individual serving on the board of an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 320,000. For purposes of Subsection (b), in determining the length of service on the board of an individual to whom this subsection applies the following periods of service are excluded:
(1) a period of service that results from the individual's appointment to fill an unexpired term that occurs before the individual's first appointment to a full term on the board; or
(2) a period of service on the board that is attributable to a term shortened by the individual's appointment as the board's presiding officer under Section 451.502(e).
(c) An individual may serve two terms as presiding officer under Section 451.502(e)(3), in addition to any service on the board before being appointed under that subsection. This subsection does not apply to an individual serving on the board of an authority described by Subsection (b) or an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, and in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million.
(d) A term limitation provided by this section does not apply to service on the board by a holdover pending the qualification of a successor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 22 (H.B. 1815), Sec. 1, eff. May 9, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 166, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 260, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (S.B. 1371), Sec. 3, eff. June 20, 2025.
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