(a) The board of trustees of a community center established by one local agency is composed of:
(1) the members of the local agency’s governing body;
(2) not fewer than five or more than nine qualified voters who reside in the region to be served by the center and who are appointed by the local agency’s governing body; and
(3) a sheriff or a representative of a sheriff of a county in the region served by the community center who is appointed by the local agency’s governing body to serve as an ex officio nonvoting member.
(b) If a qualified voter appointed to a community center under Subsection (a)(2) is the sheriff of the only county in the region served by a community center, Subsection (a)(3) does not apply.

Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 534.002

  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.

(c) If a qualified voter appointed to a community center under Subsection (a)(2) is a sheriff of a county in the region served by a community center and the region served by the community center consists of more than one county, under Subsection (a)(3) the local agency’s governing body shall appoint a sheriff or a representative of a sheriff from a different county in the region served by the community center.
(d) Subsection (a)(3) does not prevent a sheriff or representative of a sheriff from being included on the board of trustees of a community center as a voting member of the board.

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