Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.130 · Subchapter G. JAIL DISTRICT
METHOD OF ELECTION; STAGGERED TERMS; TERM OF OFFICE; ELECTION DATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Two directors shall be elected from each county in the district, except that three directors shall be elected from the county in the district with the greatest population.
(b) At the initial election of directors, the director elected from each county in the district who receives the higher number of votes serves for a term of two years, and the other director or directors serve for a term of one year.
(c) The initial election of directors must be held on the third Saturday in May of the year following creation of the district. After the initial election of directors, an election shall be held in each county in the district on the third Saturday in May each year and successor directors shall be elected for a two-year term.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.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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