Sec. 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.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 , Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.