Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.052
This is the official text of Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.052, part of Texas’s Special District Local Laws Code — consolidates the individual laws creating Texas's special-purpose local government districts.
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§ 1039.052. ALTERNATIVE DIRECTOR ELECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) As an alternative to electing directors at large, the board may:
(1) provide for all or some directors to be elected from single-member districts; and
(2) devise and implement for the directors' election a plan of apportionment as determined to be in the best interest of the district and district inhabitants.
(b) Before implementing the apportionment plan, the plan must be approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
(c) The election must be held in the same manner as an election required for the issuance of bonds.
(1) provide for all or some directors to be elected from single-member districts; and
(2) devise and implement for the directors' election a plan of apportionment as determined to be in the best interest of the district and district inhabitants.
(b) Before implementing the apportionment plan, the plan must be approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
(c) The election must be held in the same manner as an election required for the issuance of bonds.
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