- Field
- Paralegals and legal support
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Work model
- Onsite
- Level
- Mid
- Pay
- $85k to $95k
What you would own
- Attend meetings of the Board of Directors of the firm's municipal utility district clients and take notes of all board actions and decisions.
- Draft and prepare agendas, orders, and resolution required for Board of Directors meetings and prepare multi- lingual agendas for election matters (outside translation services are used).
- Ensure that the Board of Directors follows proper legal procedures at meetings (such as no entering into executive session inappropriately).
- Prepare minutes of the Board meetings.
- Interact with the Directors of the districts as well as the other consultants for the districts, including engineers, operators, bookkeepers, and tax assessor/collectors.
- Prepare required bond documents and assemble into a transcript of proceedings and assist in submission to the Attorney General of Texas for review prior to the district's issuance and selling of bonds.
- Prepares documents for obtaining the approval for annexation of land to districts and administers the applications for such approval.
- Review memoranda regarding current legislation and inform the Board about new regulations.
- Assist with the renewal of various permits.
- Prepare documents for the districts' annual tax exemptions and assessing the collection charges on delinquent taxes.
- Provide documents for the required annual review of investment policies and investment strategies; prepare required certificate pages.
- Maintain district files and permanent documents.
- Review and finalize correspondence.
- Record all client billable hours on the firm's tracking system timely.
What they are looking for
- Familiarity with special purpose entities (with particular focus on municipal utility districts) is a plus.
- Candidate should have strong academic credentials and proven writing skills with undergraduate degrees in majors such as Communications, English, Writing, or other liberal arts fields.
What they offer
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