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. . . e, .. e e Resolution No. 81-22 Page 2 (e) The governing bodies of all school districts, excluding the Houston Independent School District, within the Appraisal District shall appoint one member to the Board. TIME AND METHOD OF APPOINTMENT Those members appointed by the County of Harris, the City of Houston, and the Houston Independent SQhool District shall be appointed by a resolution of the respected governing bodies adopted prior to November 15 in each odd numbered year. A certi- fied copy of each such resolution shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the District prior to December 1 of such year. The members appointed by all incorporated cities and towns, other than the City of Houston, shall be selected in the following manner: Each such city and town may nominate, by resolution adopted by its govern~ng body, one candidate for the position on the Board to be filled by such cities and towns. The presiding offi- cer of each such city and town making such a nomination shall submit the name of its nominee to the County Clerk of Harris County prior to October 15 of each odd numbered year. Before October 30 of such year, the County Clerk shall prepare a ballot, listing the cand~dates thus nominated alphabetically according to the first letter in each candidate's surname, and shall deliver a copy of such ballot to the presIding officer of the governing body of each such city and town. The governing body of each such city and town shall be entitled to one vote for the candidate of its choice whose name appears on such ballot. Such vote shall be expressed by resolution o"f each such governing body and delivered by the presiding officer thereof to the County Clerk prior to November 15 of such year. The .County Clerk shall count the votes, declare the' candidate who rece1"ved the highe.st number of votes elected, and, prior to Dec.embe.r l.of such year, submit the results of such elect~on to the. .governing body of each such city and town, to the candid.ates nominated.., and to the. 'Secretary of the Board of Directors of the'Di,strict.. The. County Clerk 'shall resolve a tie vote .by any method of cha:nce.. The meI'l\ber appo~nted by all s'chool. distr~cts, other than the Houston Independent School Dist.rict., shall be selected at the same t~I'l\e and ;i.n the same .manner as.. the. .member selected by those cities and towns other than the City of Houston. LlMITATJ;ON. ON., NUMBER OF. TAXING. BN;I;T EMPLOYERS. WFfO' MAY. S;ERVE AS DTRECTORS Section 6.03(a) of the Property Tax Code provides in part that not mOre than one employee of a taxing unit may serve on the Board of Directors of the Dist~ict at one. time. Therefore, in the event two or more .employ.ees .of. taxing units within the District are appo~nted to serve on such Board at' the same t~me, the one who shall become eligible to serve shall be determined not later than December 5 by any method of chance selected by the Secretary of the Board of. Directors and conducted in his presence and in the presence of such appointed taxing unit employees. The results of such determination by cha~ce shall be immediately transmitted in wr~tin9 by the Secretary of the Board to the governing body of the taxing un~t or units whose appointee or apointees have been thus precluded from. serving on the Board and such .governing body or bodies shall forthwith. appoint anothe.r person" who is not an employee of a taxing unit, to serve on such Board of Directors. The method and procedure employed for any such .appointment shall be the same as that ..employed in the 'original appointment. If a vacancy on the Board occurs., an emp.loyee 'of a taxing unit shall not be eligible for appoihtment to f~ll the unexpired term if there is another employee 'of a taxing unit then serving on such Board. '.