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Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 8888.102. Election of Directors

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) One director is elected from each of five single-member voting districts by the voters of the voting district.

(b) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot the voting district the person seeks to represent.

(c) In the manner described by Section 49.103(d), Water Code, the board shall redraw the single-member voting districts as soon as practicable after each federal decennial census and as otherwise required by law.

(d) At the first election after each time the voting districts are redrawn:

(1) five new directors shall be elected to represent the single-member voting districts; and

(2) the directors elected shall draw lots to determine the directors' terms so that:

(A) two directors serve two-year terms; and

(B) three directors serve four-year terms.

(e) Subchapter C, Chapter 146, Election Code, applies to the consideration of votes for a write-in candidate for director as if the authority were a municipality. (Acts 76th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029, Sec. 2.02.)

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