Texas § SD.1046.054 - MODIFICATION OF TERM
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§ SD.1046.054. MODIFICATION OF TERM
MODIFICATION OF TERM. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1046.051 , the board, on its own motion, may order that directors serve staggered three-year or four-year terms. After an initial change under this section from staggered two-year terms, the board may not change the terms again. (b) If the board orders four-year terms, the directors are to be elected in accordance with Section 285.081 , Health and Safety Code. (c) If the board orders staggered three-year terms, directors are to be elected as follows: (1) if the first election that occurs at least 120 days after the date the order is entered is an election in an even-numbered year: (A) the four directors elected at that election shall draw lots to determine the three directors that serve three-year terms and the director that serves a two-year term; (B) the at-large director elected at the first odd-numbered year election after the order is entered serves a three-year term; and (C) the four other directors elected at the first odd-numbered year election after the order is entered shall draw lots to determine which two directors serve three-year terms and which two directors serve one-year terms; and (2) if the first election that occurs at least 120 days after the date the order is entered is an election in an odd-numbered year: (A) the at-large director elected at that election serves a three-year term; (B) the four other directors elected at that election shall draw lots to determine the two directors that serve three-year terms and the two directors that serve two-year terms; and (C) the four directors elected at the first even-numbered year election after the order is entered shall draw lots to determine which three directors serve three-year terms and which director serves a one-year term. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166 ), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.
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Section SD.1046.054 ("MODIFICATION OF TERM") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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