Tex. Local Government Code § 375.306
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 375.306, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 375.306. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Official statutory text
(a) The board consists of 11 directors.
(b) The municipality shall appoint four members of the board.
(c) The county in which the municipality is primarily located shall appoint four members of the board.
(d) School districts whose boundaries overlap with an authority by 5,000 or more acres shall collectively appoint three members of the board.
(e) Except for the presiding officer, directors are appointed for terms of two years. Terms of directors may be staggered, and directors may serve successive terms.
(f) A vacancy on the board is filled for the unexpired term by the governing body of the entity that appointed the director who served in the vacant position.
(g) The mayor of the municipality and the county judge of the county in which the authority is primarily located shall, alternately, appoint one director to serve as presiding officer, with the first appointment to be made by the mayor of the municipality. The presiding officers shall serve for a term of four years beginning on January 1 of the year following the appointment. The board may elect an assistant presiding officer to preside in the absence of the presiding officer or when there is a vacancy in that office. The board may elect other officers as it considers appropriate.
(h) Sections 375.061, 375.063, 375.066, and 375.068 and the limitations of Section 375.072(c) do not apply to this subchapter.
(b) The municipality shall appoint four members of the board.
(c) The county in which the municipality is primarily located shall appoint four members of the board.
(d) School districts whose boundaries overlap with an authority by 5,000 or more acres shall collectively appoint three members of the board.
(e) Except for the presiding officer, directors are appointed for terms of two years. Terms of directors may be staggered, and directors may serve successive terms.
(f) A vacancy on the board is filled for the unexpired term by the governing body of the entity that appointed the director who served in the vacant position.
(g) The mayor of the municipality and the county judge of the county in which the authority is primarily located shall, alternately, appoint one director to serve as presiding officer, with the first appointment to be made by the mayor of the municipality. The presiding officers shall serve for a term of four years beginning on January 1 of the year following the appointment. The board may elect an assistant presiding officer to preside in the absence of the presiding officer or when there is a vacancy in that office. The board may elect other officers as it considers appropriate.
(h) Sections 375.061, 375.063, 375.066, and 375.068 and the limitations of Section 375.072(c) do not apply to this subchapter.
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