Tex. Health & Safety Code § 300A.0023 · Subchapter B. CREATION, OPERATION, AND DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If three or more local governments create a district, the presiding officer of the governing body of each local government that creates the district shall appoint one director.
(b) If two local governments create a district:
(1) the presiding officer of the governing body of the most populous local government shall appoint two directors; and
(2) the presiding officer of the governing body of the other local government shall appoint one director.
(c) Directors serve staggered two-year terms, with as near as possible to one-half of the directors' terms expiring each year.
(d) A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
(e) The board shall elect from among its members a president. The president may vote and may cast an additional vote to break a tie.
(f) The board shall also elect from among its members a vice president.
(g) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.
(h) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.
(i) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
(j) A majority of the members of the board voting must concur in a matter relating to the business of the district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.300A.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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