Unless required otherwise by law or this chapter, Robert's Rules of Order shall be used in the conduct of the Board's meetings, subject to the following adaptations to the rules:
  (1) Agency personnel may introduce a matter on the Board's agenda, prior to a motion and a second, in order to put the matter before the Board;
  (2) A member of the Board, upon recognition by the Chair and without objection by another Board member, may ask agency personnel factual or technical questions about a matter before the Board, prior to a motion and second on the matter;
  (3) Upon request by a member of the Board or upon the Chair's prerogative, the Chair may recognize someone who is not a member of the Board to provide factual or technical data germane to the matter currently before the Board, subject to strict limitations on relevance and time. Upon motion by a member of the Board or upon the Chair's prerogative, the Chair may reclaim the floor at any time from a person who is not a Board member.

Source Note: The provisions of this §7.5 adopted to be effective November 21, 2004, 29 TexReg 10509; amended to be effective February 21, 2011, 36 TexReg 929