Sec. 1059.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE  


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  • (a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be:

    (1) a district resident;

    (2) a qualified voter; and

    (3) able to obtain a bond as prescribed by Section 1059.054.

    (b) In addition to Subsection (a), a person who is elected from a commissioners precinct or who is appointed to fill a vacancy for a commissioners precinct must be a resident of that commissioners precinct.

    (c) A district employee or member of the district's medical staff may not serve as a director.

    (d) A person formerly employed by the district may not serve as a director before the second anniversary of the date of the termination of that person's employment by the district.

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