The ex officio members of the board are:

1. (1) the following six members of the council:

   1. (A) the chief justice of the supreme court;
   2. (B) the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals;
   3. (C) one of the members of the senate serving on the council who is designated by the lieutenant governor;
   4. (D) the member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house;
   5. (E) one of the courts of appeals justices serving on the council who is designated by the governor; and
   6. (F) one of the county court or statutory county court judges serving on the council who is designated by the governor or, if a county court or statutory county court judge is not serving on the council, one of the statutory probate court judges serving on the council who is designated by the governor;
2. (2) one other member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor; and
3. (3) the chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 984 (H.B. 1754), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.