Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 563.053 · Subchapter B. COUNTY UTILITY SYSTEM BOARD FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, OR SOLID WASTE SYSTEM
BOARD COMPOSITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board is composed of five directors.
(b) One director must be a member of the commissioners court appointed by the court at its first meeting of each county fiscal year.
(c) Four directors are elected by voters in the county. The elected positions are designated as positions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Elected directors serve two-year terms with the terms of positions 1 and 3 beginning October 1 of each odd-numbered year and the terms of positions 2 and 4 beginning October 1 of each even-numbered year. A candidate must be a qualified voter of the county.
(d) An election shall be held on the second Saturday of each September to fill the appropriate director positions.
(e) The commissioners court shall appoint temporary directors to serve until the initially elected directors take office.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 413.053 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(b)(3), eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.563.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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