Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 7201.055 · Subchapter B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors, each of whom occupies a numbered position on the board and represents a unique subdistrict containing, as near as practicable, one-seventh of the total number of residents in the district.
(b) A candidate for a position on the board must:
(1) reside in the subdistrict represented by that position;
(2) be eligible to hold office under Section 141.001, Election Code;
(3) file a campaign treasurer appointment form described by Chapter 252, Election Code, with the Texas Ethics Commission; and
(4) file each report required under Title 15, Election Code, with the Texas Ethics Commission and the board.
(c) The district shall fill a vacancy on the board in accordance with Section 49.105, Water Code.
(d) Directors serve staggered terms of four years and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
(e) A person who has served as a member of the board of directors of the corporation is not eligible to serve as a district director.
(f) If a director is an employee of another taxing entity within the district, the board may not employ as an employee, as a consultant, or on a contract basis:
(1) an elected official of the other taxing entity that employs the director; or
(2) a person related to that elected official in the third degree of consanguinity or affinity as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 702 (S.B. 2552), Sec. 2, eff. December 31, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1088 (S.B. 1188), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.7201.htm
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