{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-286.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 286.045","heading":"QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.","body":"(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be:\n(1) a resident of the district; and\n(2) a qualified voter.\n(b) In addition to the qualifications required by Subsection (a), if directors are elected from commissioners precincts, a person who is elected from a commissioner precinct or who is appointed to fill a vacancy for a commissioner precinct must be a resident of that commissioner precinct.\n(c) An employee of the district may not serve as a director.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 286. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS CREATED BY VOTER APPROVAL","SUBCHAPTER C. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.286.htm#286.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"8be34bc537f99e8baeec48bc4303f3f8a4f2dc8f9ab0747903d844c259a7d234","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-286.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-286.046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}