Tex. Water Code § 36.059 · Subchapter C. ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL ELECTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) All elections shall be generally conducted in accordance with the Election Code except as otherwise provided for by this chapter. Write-in candidacies for any district office shall be governed by Subchapter C, Chapter 146, Election Code.
(b) The directors of the district shall be elected according to the precinct method as defined by Chapter 12, page 1105, Special Laws, Acts of the 46th Legislature, Regular Session, 1939. To be qualified to be elected as a director, a person must be a registered voter in the precinct that the person represents. If any part of a municipal corporation is a part of one precinct, then no part of the municipal corporation shall be included in another precinct, except that a municipal corporation having a population of more than 200,000 may be divided between two or more precincts. In a multicounty district, not more than two of the five precincts may include the same municipal corporation or part of the same municipal corporation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.36.htm
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Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8810.054DIVISION OF MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 36.059(b), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8824.054DIVISION OF MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 36.059(b), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8833.051COMPOSITION OF BOARD; SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS; TERMS.Printed as Section 36.059(b), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8880.051SINGLE-MEMBER DIRECTOR PRECINCTS.Printed as Section 36.059(b), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8883.052ELIGIBILITY AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.Printed as Section 36.059(b), Water Code
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