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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 11. PUBLIC SAFETY |
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Subtitle A. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY |
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Chapter 344. FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICTS |
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Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT AND TEMPORARY BOARD |
Sec. 344.052. TEMPORARY BOARD
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(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the governing body proposes to create a district under this chapter, the governing body shall appoint seven persons to serve as temporary directors of the district. The temporary directors must reside in the proposed district.
(b) Not later than the 75th day after the date the governing body proposes to create the district, the temporary board shall conduct a meeting to organize the board. The temporary directors shall elect one of its members as presiding officer of the board at that meeting.
(c) A temporary director other than the presiding officer may designate another person to serve in the director's place.
(d) The governing body shall fill a vacancy in the office of a temporary director in the same manner that it originally filled the vacant position.
(e) The term "governing body" in this section means the mayor if the municipality creating the district has a population of 1.9 million or more.