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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8868.052: APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS BY INITIAL COUNTIES.
Where this section sits in the code
- SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
- TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
- SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER
- CHAPTER 8868. SOUTHEAST TEXAS GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
- SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(a) The Jasper County Commissioners Court shall appoint two directors. One director shall represent rural water utilities and small municipal water supply interests. The other director shall represent the large industrial groundwater supply interests of the county and large municipal utilities.
(b) The Newton County Commissioners Court shall appoint two directors. One director shall represent rural water utilities and small municipal water supply interests. The other director shall represent the forestry or agricultural groundwater supply interests of the county.
(c) The Jasper County Commissioners Court and the Newton County Commissioners Court shall jointly appoint one director to represent the forestry, agricultural, or landowner groundwater supply interests of both counties. The jointly appointed director shall serve as the board's presiding officer.
(d) The Newton City Council shall appoint one director.
(e) The Jasper City Council shall appoint one director.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2015.
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