Tex. Water Code § 20.014
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 20.014, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 20.014. ORGANIZATION OF BOARD.
Official statutory text
(a) The board shall select from its membership one person to serve as chairman and one person to serve as vice-chairman.
(b) The person selected as chairman shall preside at meetings of the board and perform other duties directed by the board, and the vice-chairman shall preside at meetings of the board in the absence of the chairman.
(c) The board shall select persons to serve as secretary and treasurer for the authority. The persons selected as secretary and treasurer are not required to be directors and the positions of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board also may appoint assistant secretaries.
(d) The secretary is the custodian of the minutes, books, records, and seal of the board, and the secretary and the treasurer shall perform duties as directed by the board.
(e) The chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and treasurer shall be selected by the board at the first meeting of the board following January 31 of each odd-numbered year.
(b) The person selected as chairman shall preside at meetings of the board and perform other duties directed by the board, and the vice-chairman shall preside at meetings of the board in the absence of the chairman.
(c) The board shall select persons to serve as secretary and treasurer for the authority. The persons selected as secretary and treasurer are not required to be directors and the positions of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. The board also may appoint assistant secretaries.
(d) The secretary is the custodian of the minutes, books, records, and seal of the board, and the secretary and the treasurer shall perform duties as directed by the board.
(e) The chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and treasurer shall be selected by the board at the first meeting of the board following January 31 of each odd-numbered year.
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