Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1121.051 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTORS; TERM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the creation of the district is approved at the election held under Section 1121.021, the district shall be governed by a board of nine directors, appointed as follows:
(1) the county judge of Cameron County shall appoint one director;
(2) each county commissioner serving on the Cameron County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director; and
(3) the governing bodies of the four municipalities located in Cameron County that have the greatest amounts of taxable value of property taxable by the district located within their corporate boundaries shall each appoint one director.
(b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with three directors' terms expiring each year. The initial directors appointed under this section shall draw lots as follows to determine:
(1) for the directors appointed by the governing bodies of the municipalities in Cameron County described by Subsection (a), which director serves a one-year term, which two directors serve a two-year term, and which director serves a three-year term; and
(2) for the directors appointed by the Cameron County Commissioners Court, including the director appointed by the county judge of Cameron County, which two directors serve a one-year term, which director serves a two-year term, and which two directors serve a three-year term.
(c) On expiration of the initial directors' terms, successor directors shall be appointed for a three-year term by the person or governing body that appointed the initial director.
(d) A director may not serve more than three consecutive three-year terms.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 2034), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1121.htm
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