Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1086.054 · 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 an elected position or to serve as an elected director, a person must be:
(1) a resident of the district; and
(2) a registered voter.
(b) To be eligible to serve as an appointed director, a person must be a registered voter.
(c) In addition to the qualifications required by 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.
(d) A district employee may not serve as a director.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1086.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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