22 Tex. Admin. Code § 131.7 - Organization of the Board
(a) In accordance
with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1001, the board shall consist of members
appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The board
shall also have as a member the commissioner of the General Land Office or a
licensed state land surveyor employee of the General Land Office designated by
the commissioner as director of surveying who shall serve as an ex officio,
nonvoting member of the board.
(b)
The governor shall designate a member of the board as the presiding officer of
the board to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor. The presiding
officer shall be the Chair of the board.
(c) The terms of board members appointed by
the Governor shall be six years in length and shall be staggered so that the
terms of not more than one-third of the members shall expire in a single
calendar year. The terms of two members who are either licensed engineers or
registered land surveyors and one member who is a representative of the public
expire on August 31 of each odd-numbered year. Upon completion of a term, a
member may continue to serve until a successor has been appointed. A member may
be reappointed to successive terms at the discretion of the Governor.
(d) The board shall elect from its own
membership a vice chair, secretary, and treasurer. These officers shall serve
from September 1 through August 31 and shall be elected annually at a board
meeting prior to September 1.
(e)
The board as a whole may act as an executive committee.
(f) Five voting members of the board shall
constitute a quorum.
(g) The board
may transact official business only when in session with a quorum present and
shall not be bound in any way by any statement or action on the part of any
individual member except when such statement or action is in pursuance of
specific instructions of the board. No order or decree shall be adopted by the
board except in open meeting and in accordance with the Texas Government Code,
Chapter 551.
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