34 Tex. Admin. Code § 310.5 - Local Board of Trustees
(a) A
local board annually shall elect a chair, vice chair and secretary no later
than the last day of February of each calendar year. The participating
department head may not be elected to serve as the chair of the local
board.
(b) A meeting of a local
board is subject to the Texas Open Meetings law (Chapter 551, Government
Code).
(c) Trustees of a local
board serve staggered two-year terms that begin March 1st and end the last day
of February of the second year. A vacancy on a local board is filled for the
remainder of the unexpired term by the procedure by which the position was
originally filled.
(1) Trustee Selected by
Governing Body of Political Subdivision. The trustee selected by the governing
body of the political subdivision serves on the local board to ensure the
responsibilities of the local board and governing body are fulfilled, including
but not limited to the submission of the local contributions to the pension
system for each member performing emergency services or support services for
the participating department for each month of service beginning on the date
that the member enters the pension system.
(A) In a municipality, the trustee selected
may be the chief financial officer of the municipality or, if there is no
officer denominated as chief financial officer, the person who performs the
duties of chief financial officer or a person designated by the chief financial
officer or by the person performing the duties of chief financial
officer.
(B) In an emergency
services district, the trustee selected may be a member of the board of
emergency services commissioners or the person who performs the duties of chief
financial officer or a person designated by the chief financial officer or by
the person performing the duties of chief financial officer.
(C) In any other political subdivision, the
trustee selected may be the chief financial officer or the person who performs
the duties of chief financial officer or a person designated by the chief
financial officer or by the person performing the duties of chief financial
officer.
(2) Trustees
Representing a Participating Department. Three trustees who are active members
of a participating department, who are members of the pension system for whom
pension system monthly contributions are being paid, and who were each elect by
a majority vote of the members of the participating department who are members
of the pension system serve on the local board to ensure the responsibilities
of the local board and participating department are fulfilled, including but
not limited to the enrollment of eligible members in the pension system by the
participating department head.
(3)
Trustees Representing a Political Subdivision or Unit of Government. Two
trustees who reside within the political subdivision of which the participating
department is a part are each chosen by a majority vote of the other four
members of the local board to ensure the responsibilities of the local board
are fulfilled.
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