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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8876.052: TERMS AND APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.

(a) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with three or four terms expiring December 1 every other year. Directors are appointed by the commissioners court as follows:
(1) three directors shall represent agricultural interests;
(2) three directors shall represent municipal water interests; and
(3) one director shall represent rural domestic water supply interests.
(b) For the purpose of Subsection (a), a person appointed to represent agricultural interests must be involved in agriculture, as defined by Section 11.002(12), Water Code.
(c) To be appointed under this section, a person must satisfy the requirements for holding elective office under Section 141.001, Election Code.
(d) A director may serve two consecutive terms and may serve another two consecutive terms after not serving for four years.
(e) The commissioners court shall appoint a director to succeed a serving director on or before the date the serving director's term expires.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 457 (S.B. 890), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.

Where this section sits in the code

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER For contingent expiration of this chapter, see Section 8876.003.
CHAPTER 8876. REEVES COUNTY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(a) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with three or four terms expiring December 1 every other year. Directors are appointed by the commissioners court as follows:

(1) three directors shall represent agricultural interests;

(2) three directors shall represent municipal water interests; and

(3) one director shall represent rural domestic water supply interests.

(b) For the purpose of Subsection (a), a person appointed to represent agricultural interests must be involved in agriculture, as defined by Section 11.002(12), Water Code.

(c) To be appointed under this section, a person must satisfy the requirements for holding elective office under Section 141.001, Election Code.

(d) A director may serve two consecutive terms and may serve another two consecutive terms after not serving for four years.

(e) The commissioners court shall appoint a director to succeed a serving director on or before the date the serving director's term expires.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 457 (S.B. 890), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.

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