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• H-GAC BYLAWS As amended December 21, 1982 • ARTICLE I - ORGANIZATION Under the authority of Article lOllm, Vernon's Annotated Civ11 Statutes, there is hereby created and organized a Regional Planning Commission which shall De known as the Houston-Galveston Area Council which shall be a voluntary association of local governmental units located within the counties of Aus- tin, Brazoria. Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Haller, and Wharton 1n the State of Texas, and said area having been designated by the Governor of the State as the Gulf Coast State Planning Region. ARTICLE II - OBJECTIVES AND DECLARATION OF POLICI• The signatories of the Agreement establishing this Houston-Galveston Area Council hereby declare that the ob,~ectlves of the Houston-Galveston Aree Council shall be to encourage and permit local units of government to loin end cooperate with one another to improve the health, safety, and general welfare of their citizens and to plan for the future development of the region or area embraced by the agreement and the communities within the region. In achieving this purpose, the Houston-Galveston Area Council may exercise any powers heretofore or hereafter conferred upon it by State Law. ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP Section 1 Requirements Membership in the Houston-Galveston Area Council shall be voluntary. Any eligible governmental unit geographically located in whole or 1n part, within the area described in Article I, may become a member of the Houston-Galveston Area Council by passage of an ordinance, minute order, resolution or other appropriate legal action of the governing body adopting these Bylaws, and appropriation and payment of funds required as Its dues of the Houston-Galveston Area Council as set forth by Article VIII, Section 1. of these Bylaws. Section 2 Governmental units eligible to become members of the Houston-Galveston Area Council shall be: a. Counties • D. Duly Incorporated Cities, Towns and Villages c. Independent School Districts d. Soil and Water Conservation Districts Section 3 A member of the Houston-Galveston Area Council may withdraw by majority vote of its governing body. Governmental units which withdrew from the Houston-Galveston Area Council may subsequently be readmitted by complying with all membership requirements applicable to new members. ARTICLE IY - GENERAL ASSEMBLE Section 1 Responsibilities The General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council shall constitute the Council and shall be responsible for the election of the officers of the Council. Section 2 Terris of Office General Assembly representatives shall be selected annually in the tall to serve a term of one year to begin the first of January unless sooner replaced by the appointing authority. Representatives may be selected to succeed themselves. Section 3 Method of Appointments The member governmental units of the Houston-Galveston Area Council shall be represented on the General Assembly as follows: e. The Commissioners' Court of each member County shall select two (2) elected officials as representa- tives and two (2) elected officials as alternates to the Houston-Galveston Area Council, all of which shall be members of the Commissioners' Court. b. Each City Council of each member city having a population of 100,000 or more according to the last • preceding Federal Census shall select two (2) of its members as representatives and two (2) of its members as alternates to the Houston-Galveston Area Council. c. Each member city with a population not in excess of 99,999 according to the last preceding Federal Census shall select one (1) member of its governing body as Its representative and one (1) member of its governing body as an alternate to the Houston-Galveston Area Council, beginning in 1984. 1