1981-09-16 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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t r ~ • • 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 School 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 governing 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 candidates 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 of 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 received the highest number of votes elected, and, prior to December l of such year, submit the results of such election to the governing body of each such city and town, to the candidates nominated, ..and to the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the District. The County Clerk shall resolve a tie vote by any method of chance. The member appointed by all school districts, other than the Houston Independent School District, shall be selected at the same time and in the same manner as-the member selected by those cities and towns other than the City of Houston. _. • LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TAXING UNIT EMPLOYEES WHO MAY SERVE AS DIRECTORS 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 District at one time. Therefore, in the event two or more employees of taxing units within the District are appointed to serve on such Board at the same time, 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 chance shall be immediately transmitted in writing by the Secretary of the Board to the governing body of the taxing unit or units whose appointee or apointees have been thus precluded from serving on the Board and such governing body or bodies shall forthwith appoint another 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. Tf a vacancy on the Board occurs, an employee of a taxing unit shall not be eligible for appointment to fill the unexpired term if there is another employee of a taxing unit then serving on such Board.