General Powers and Duties of Local Commission

Sec. 21.153. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL COMMISSION. (a) A local commission may: (1) employ an executive director and other employees and agents and set their compensation; (2) cooperate or contract with a person, including an agency of the federal government or of another state or municipality; and (3) accept a public grant or private gift, bequest, or other payment. (b) A local commission shall prepare at least annually a report and furnish a copy of the report to the Commission on Human Rights. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.