Sec. 3809.053.  EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS.  (a)  The following persons serve as nonvoting ex officio directors:
(1)  the directors of the parks and recreation, planning and development, public works, and civic center departments of the City of Houston;
(2)  the chief of police of the City of Houston;
(3)  Harris County's general manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas;  and
(4)  the president of each institution of higher learning located in the district.
(b)  If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting ex officio director.  If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department of the City of Houston that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.
(c)  The board may appoint the presiding officer of a nonprofit corporation that is actively involved in activities in the midtown area of the city of Houston to serve as a nonvoting ex officio director.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.