Texas § SD.7201.055 - COMPOSITION OF BOARD

§ SD.7201.055. COMPOSITION OF BOARD

COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors, each of whom occupies a numbered position on the board and represents a unique subdistrict containing, as near as practicable, one-seventh of the total number of residents in the district. (b) A candidate for a position on the board must: (1) reside in the subdistrict represented by that position; (2) be eligible to hold office under Section 141.001 , Election Code; (3) file a campaign treasurer appointment form described by Chapter 252 , Election Code, with the Texas Ethics Commission; and (4) file each report required under Title 15, Election Code, with the Texas Ethics Commission and the board. (c) The district shall fill a vacancy on the board in accordance with Section 49.105 , Water Code. (d) Directors serve staggered terms of four years and may not serve more than two consecutive terms. (e) A person who has served as a member of the board of directors of the corporation is not eligible to serve as a district director. (f) If a director is an employee of another taxing entity within the district, the board may not employ as an employee, as a consultant, or on a contract basis: (1) an elected official of the other taxing entity that employs the director; or (2) a person related to that elected official in the third degree of consanguinity or affinity as determined under Chapter 573 , Government Code. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 702 (S.B. 2552 ), Sec. 2, eff. December 31, 2019. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1088 (S.B. 1188 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.