(a) The following persons serve as nonvoting 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) the director of the engineering division of the Harris County department of public infrastructure;(4) Harris County's general manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas;(5) the president of each institution of higher learning located in the district; and(6) the Houston district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation.(b) If an agency, department, or division described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed agency, department, or division as a nonvoting director. If an agency, department, or division described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another agency, department, or division that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished entity.(c) A nonvoting director is not included for determining a board quorum.

entative of another agency, department, or division that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished entity.(c) A nonvoting director is not included for determining a board quorum. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 18.004(g), eff. September 1, 2005.