Sec. 61.0221.  DUTY IN MAKING OR CONFIRMING APPOINTMENTS.  (a)  In making or confirming appointments to the coordinating board, the governor and senate shall ensure that the appointee has the background and experience suitable for performing the statutory responsibility of a member of the coordinating board.
(b)  Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, handicap, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 823, Sec. 1.05, eff. June 20, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1084, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.