Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.051
This is the official text of Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.051, 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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§ 1046.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
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(a) The board consists of nine directors elected from the district by position as follows:
(1) two directors from each commissioners precinct; and
(2) one director from the district at large.
(b) To be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast in the election for that position.
(c) The board shall declare the results of a district election.
(d) Unless different terms are established under Section 1046.054, directors serve staggered two-year terms as follows:
(1) directors elected to even-numbered positions are elected in even-numbered years; and
(2) directors elected to odd-numbered positions and the director elected at large are elected in odd-numbered years.
(1) two directors from each commissioners precinct; and
(2) one director from the district at large.
(b) To be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast in the election for that position.
(c) The board shall declare the results of a district election.
(d) Unless different terms are established under Section 1046.054, directors serve staggered two-year terms as follows:
(1) directors elected to even-numbered positions are elected in even-numbered years; and
(2) directors elected to odd-numbered positions and the director elected at large are elected in odd-numbered years.
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