22 Tex. Admin. Code § 100.8 - Ad Hoc Committees of the Board

(a) Creation and dissolution. The presiding officer may establish ad hoc committees of board members to address specific subjects, purposes, or ends. In addition, the board, in a regularly scheduled meeting, may vote to establish ad hoc committees of board members to address specific subjects, purposes, or ends. Unless continued in existence by the presiding officer or a vote of the board, ad hoc committees of the board are abolished the sooner of one year from the date of creation or when the specific subject, purpose, or end for which the ad hoc committee was established, have been served.

(b) Membership. The presiding officer of the board shall appoint members of the board to serve on each ad hoc committee and shall designate a chair for each ad hoc committee. At least one dentist member of the board and at least one non-dentist member of the board shall serve on each ad hoc committee. The board's presiding officer shall be an ex officio member of each ad hoc committee.

(c) Open Meetings Act. Ad hoc committee meetings shall be open to the public and held in compliance with chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.

(d) Purpose. At the time the presiding officer or the board establishes an ad hoc committee, the presiding officer will assign it a purpose, role, responsibility, and goal.

(e) Committee actions. The actions of ad hoc committees are recommendations only and are not binding unless ratified by the board at a regularly scheduled meeting, with the exception of action taken by an ad hoc subcommittee of the executive committee convened pursuant to §263.004 of the Act, board rule §107.69 and board rule §107.100(e).

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22 Tex. Admin. Code § 100.8

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 36, September 2, 2016, TexReg 6692, eff. 9/6/2016