(a) The board members must be given a handbook that contains, at a minimum, the following:
  (1) Board member job description;
  (2) Current list of board members with current contact information;
  (3) Organization's mission statement;
  (4) Organization's bylaws and a copy of the letter granting 501(c)(3) status;
  (5) List of all committees, including appointed board members and assigned staff;
  (6) Committee descriptions;
  (7) The organization policies;
  (8) Organizational chart;
  (9) History of the organization;
  (10) List of program services and a brief description of each program;
  (11) Current budget, including funding sources and subcontractors;
  (12) Brief description of contract provisions with attorneys, auditors, or other professionals;
  (13) Basic information about family violence; and
  (14) Brief history of the Texas Battered Women's Movement.
(b) The handbook may be in an electronic format.

Source Note: The provisions of this §356.102 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9328; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4309; transferred effective April 1, 2024, as published in the March 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 1507