CHAPTER 333. JOINT MUNICIPAL-COUNTY MUSEUMS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
SUBTITLE C. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 333. JOINT MUNICIPAL-COUNTY MUSEUMS
Sec. 333.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of managers of a joint municipal and
county museum.
(2) "Governing body" means a commissioners court of a county or
a governing body of a municipality.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.002. JOINT MUSEUM. The governing bodies of a county
with a population of 20,000 or less and a municipality that has a
population of 10,000 or more and that is located within the
county may jointly erect, equip, maintain, and operate a museum.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.003. FINANCES. The museum may be financed out of the
general revenues of the municipality and county in agreed
proportions.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.004. BOARD OF MANAGERS. By resolution or other proper
action, the governing bodies may delegate to a board of managers
full authority to erect, maintain, own, and equip a museum and to
own, lease, or sublet realty for the museum.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.005. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS. (a) The board must
be composed of nine members, with four members appointed by each
governing body and one appointed jointly by the governing bodies.
(b) Members serve for staggered terms of four years. In
appointing the initial board, each governing body shall designate
one appointee to serve for a one-year term, one to serve for a
two-year term, one to serve for a three-year term, and one to
serve for a four-year term. The member appointed jointly shall
serve for a four-year term. Terms expire on the appropriate
anniversary of the date of appointment.
(c) A vacancy occurring on the board by death or resignation
shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the
governing body that appointed the vacating member or by joint
appointment, as applicable.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.006. OFFICERS. (a) The board shall select from its
membership a presiding officer. The presiding officer shall:
(1) preside over all board meetings; and
(2) sign all contracts, agreements, and other instruments
executed by the board on behalf of the county and the
municipality.
(b) The board may elect other officers from its membership as it
considers necessary.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.007. CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND EXPENDITURES. (a) The
board may enter into any contract connected with or incident to
the establishment, equipping, maintaining, and operating of the
museum.
(b) The board may borrow and receive, exchange, sell, and lend
property for the benefit of the museum.
(c) The board may accept on behalf of the municipality and
county a gift or bequest. A gift or loan of property must be
administered as designated by the donor.
(d) The board may pay and disburse funds set aside by the
municipality and county for purposes connected with operating and
maintaining the museum as if the action were taken by the
governing bodies.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.008. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND BUDGET. (a) Once each
year the board shall prepare and present to the governing bodies
a complete financial statement on the condition of the museum and
shall submit to those bodies a proposed budget for the
anticipated financial needs for the next year.
(b) On the basis of the financial statement and budget, the
governing bodies shall appropriate and set aside for the use of
the board the amount of money the bodies consider necessary for
the operation of the museum.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 333.009. PERSONNEL. (a) The board may hire a manager of
the museum. With the consent of the board, the manager may hire
other personnel.
(b) The manager and other personnel are subject to the bylaws
and rules adopted by the board.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.