Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1070.052 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
PETITION TO CHANGE METHOD FOR SELECTING DIRECTORS; ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Commissioners Court of Hansford County shall order an election on the question of electing directors if the court receives a petition requesting that action signed by at least 250 registered district voters who own taxable property in the district as of the date the petition is presented to the court. The election shall be held within 90 days of the date the petition is presented and notice of the election is given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.
(b) The order calling the election must:
(1) specify the date of the election, the location of the polling places, and the presiding judge and alternate judge for each voting place; and
(2) provide for clerks as in a county election.
(c) The ballot shall be prepared to allow voting for or against the proposition: "Providing the office of director of the Hansford County Hospital District shall hereafter be an elective office."
(d) If a majority of the district voters voting in the election favor the proposition:
(1) directors in office at the time of the election shall serve the terms for which the directors were appointed; and
(2) successor directors shall be elected as provided by Section 1070.053.
(e) Another election on the question of electing directors may not be held before the third anniversary of the date of the most recent election on electing directors.
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.
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