Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8884.052: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

(a) Directors are elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.
(b) One director is elected by the voters of the entire district. One director is elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.
(c) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:
(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or
(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.
(d) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts are redrawn under Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, a director in office on the effective date of the change, or elected or appointed before the effective date of the change to a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve the term or the remainder of the term representing the precinct from which the person was elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places the person's residence outside that precinct.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (H.B. 2803), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2019.

Where this section sits in the code

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER
CHAPTER 8884. SARATOGA UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(a) Directors are elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(b) One director is elected by the voters of the entire district. One director is elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(d) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts are redrawn under Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, a director in office on the effective date of the change, or elected or appointed before the effective date of the change to a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve the term or the remainder of the term representing the precinct from which the person was elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places the person's residence outside that precinct.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (H.B. 2803), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2019.

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