(a) The following persons shall serve as nonvoting directors:(1) the directors of the following departments of the City of Houston or a person designated by that director:(A) parks and recreation;(B) planning and development;(C) public works; and(D) civic center; and(2) the City of Houston's chief of police.(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 director. If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.(c) Nonvoting directors are not counted for the purposes of establishing a quorum of the board. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2007.