Sec. 7201.052. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (l), the district shall be governed by a board of seven directors, elected as follows:
(1) one director elected by the voters of the part of the City of Mission inside the district to represent that part of the city;
(2) one director elected by the voters of the City of Palmview to represent that city;
(3) one director elected by the voters of the City of Penitas to represent that city;
(4) one director elected by the voters of the City of Sullivan City to represent that city; and
(5) three directors elected at-large to numbered positions on the board by the district voters who do not reside in any of the municipalities listed in Subdivisions (1)-(4) to represent the part of the district that is not included in those municipalities, unless the number of at-large directors is increased under Subsection (l).
(b) A candidate for one of the numbered director positions:
(1) must reside in the part of the service area of the district that is not included in any of the municipalities listed in Subsections (a)(1)-(4); and
(2) must be eligible to hold office under Section 141.001, Election Code.
(c) A candidate for one of the director positions representing a municipality listed in Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), or (4):
(1) must reside in the municipality the candidate seeks to represent; and
(2) must be eligible to hold office under Section 141.001, Election Code.
(d) It is the policy of the district that the directors shall represent and reside in as broad a cross-section of the geographic area of the district as possible.
(e) The district shall fill a vacancy on the board in accordance with Section 49.105, Water Code.
(f) Except for the initial directors appointed under Section 7201.051 or elected at the first election under Subsection (g), directors serve staggered terms of four years.
(g) On the uniform election date in May 2008, or in May 2010, if the election is postponed under Subsection (h), the district shall hold an election to elect seven directors. On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year after that date, the district shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors.
(h) The initial board by order may postpone until the uniform election date in May 2010 the first election for directors under Subsection (g) if the initial board determines that there is not sufficient time to comply with the requirements of law and to order the election of directors to be held on the first uniform election date specified by that subsection.
(i) The directors elected at the first election under Subsection (g) shall cast lots to determine which three directors shall serve terms expiring June 1 of the first even-numbered year after the year in which the directors are elected and which four directors shall serve terms expiring June 1 of the second even-numbered year after the year in which the directors are elected.
(j) A director may not serve more than two consecutive terms. An initial appointment under Section 7201.051 constitutes one term.
(k) 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.
(k-1) A person who was appointed as an initial director under Section 7201.051 is eligible to serve as an elected director.
(l) If, before the expiration of the term of a director elected to represent a municipality under Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), the district determines that all of the incorporated territory of the municipality is outside the boundaries of the district, the position immediately becomes an at-large numbered position to be filled at the next general election of the district in accordance with Subsections (a)(5) and (b).
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1057 (H.B. 1358), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 9.09, eff. June 16, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1263 (S.B. 1875), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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