Sec. 201.129. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. (a) If the directors of a conservation district adopt an ordinance prescribing land-use regulations, the directors by ordinance shall provide for the establishment of a board of adjustment organized in accordance with this section.
(b) A board of adjustment is composed of three members appointed by the state board with the advice and approval of the directors of the conservation district for which they are appointed.
(c) Except as provided for the initial board, members of a board of adjustment serve for staggered terms of two years with the terms of one or two members expiring every other year. In making initial appointments to a board of adjustment, the state board shall designate one or two members to serve a term of one year with the remaining member or members serving for a term of two years.
(d) Following notice and a hearing, a member of a board of adjustment may be removed, but only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. The state board and the directors of the conservation district for which the board is appointed shall conduct removal hearings jointly.
(e) A vacancy on a board of adjustment is filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided for the original appointment.
(f) A member of the state board or a director of the conservation district for which a board of adjustment is appointed is ineligible for appointment to the board of adjustment for that conservation district during the member's or director's tenure in office.
(g) Members of a board of adjustment are entitled to compensation for services of $3 a day for time spent on work of the board. The state board shall pay that compensation from appropriations made for that purpose for not more than 10 days each year.
(h) The directors of the conservation district for which the board of adjustment is appointed shall pay the necessary administrative and other expenses of operation incurred by the board on presentation of a certificate of the chairman of the board of adjustment.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1478, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
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