Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1059.053 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be:
(1) a district resident;
(2) a qualified voter; and
(3) able to obtain a bond as prescribed by Section 1059.054.
(b) In addition to Subsection (a), a person who is elected from a commissioners precinct or who is appointed to fill a vacancy for a commissioners precinct must be a resident of that commissioners precinct.
(c) A district employee or member of the district's medical staff may not serve as a director.
(d) A person formerly employed by the district may not serve as a director before the second anniversary of the date of the termination of that person's employment by the district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, 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/SD/htm/SD.1059.htm
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