Sec. 1114.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM. (a) The district is governed by a board of nine directors elected as follows:
(1) two directors elected from each commissioners precinct; and
(2) one director elected from the district at large.
(b) The two candidates receiving the most votes from a commissioners precinct are the directors for that precinct. The candidate receiving the most votes from the district at large is the director for the district at large.
(c) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:
(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms with:
(A) the terms of the directors elected from odd-numbered precincts and the term of the director from the district at large expiring each even-numbered year; and
(B) the terms of the directors elected from even-numbered precincts expiring each odd-numbered year; and
(2) an election shall be held on an authorized uniform election date each year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2015.
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