Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 9023.052 · Subchapter B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Directors are elected to positions according to the place system as provided by this section.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c):
(1) a director elected to place 1 or 2 must be a resident of Benavides and be elected by the voters of the district who reside in Benavides and its extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
(2) a director elected to place 3 or 4 must be a resident of, and be elected by the voters of the district who reside in, the part of Duval County that is not within:
(A) the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of San Diego or Benavides; or
(B) the Freer Water Control and Improvement District.
(c) If Benavides and the area within its extraterritorial jurisdiction disannex under Subchapter E:
(1) a director who represents Benavides and the area within its extraterritorial jurisdiction ceases to be a director on the date disannexation takes effect;
(2) the remaining directors as soon as possible shall order a special election to elect the appropriate number of directors to fill the unexpired terms if the disannexation results in vacancies on the board; and
(3) a director for each place on the board must be a resident of the part of Duval County that is not within:
(A) the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of San Diego or Benavides; or
(B) the Freer Water Control and Improvement District.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2017.
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.9023.htm
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