Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.011: ELECTION.

(a) A county surveyor is elected to a four-year term as provided by Article XVI, Sections 64 and 65, of the Texas Constitution.

(b) To be eligible to serve as a county surveyor, a person must be a registered professional land surveyor.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2367, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.