Texas § SD.5007.212 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

§ SD.5007.212. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The port commission shall appoint an executive director of the authority. The port commission shall prescribe the duties and compensation of the executive director. The port commission may delegate to the executive director full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the authority subject only to orders of the port commission. (b) The port commission shall delegate to the executive director the authority to employ all persons necessary for the proper handling of the business and operation of the authority and to determine the compensation to be paid to all employees, other than the executive director or the chief audit executive employed under Section 5007.226 (c). (c) The executive director shall execute a bond for $10,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the executive director's duties and other conditions as required by the authority. The bond must be recorded in a record kept for that purpose in the authority's office. (d) The port commission by general or special rule, regulation, order, resolution, or other direction may authorize the executive director or another person authorized to act instead of the executive director to perform any act on behalf of the port commission. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.