{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1046.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.054","heading":"MODIFICATION OF TERM.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 1046.051, the board, on its own motion, may order that directors serve staggered three-year or four-year terms. After an initial change under this section from staggered two-year terms, the board may not change the terms again.\n(b) If the board orders four-year terms, the directors are to be elected in accordance with Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code.\n(c) If the board orders staggered three-year terms, directors are to be elected as follows:\n(1) if the first election that occurs at least 120 days after the date the order is entered is an election in an even-numbered year:\n(A) the four directors elected at that election shall draw lots to determine the three directors that serve three-year terms and the director that serves a two-year term;\n(B) the at-large director elected at the first odd-numbered year election after the order is entered serves a three-year term; and\n(C) the four other directors elected at the first odd-numbered year election after the order is entered shall draw lots to determine which two directors serve three-year terms and which two directors serve one-year terms; and\n(2) if the first election that occurs at least 120 days after the date the order is entered is an election in an odd-numbered year:\n(A) the at-large director elected at that election serves a three-year term;\n(B) the four other directors elected at that election shall draw lots to determine the two directors that serve three-year terms and the two directors that serve two-year terms; and\n(C) the four directors elected at the first even-numbered year election after the order is entered shall draw lots to determine which three directors serve three-year terms and which director serves a one-year term.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH","SUBTITLE A. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 1046. JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1046.htm#1046.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"2a088b4621ec5605b99cc58766652f8d70cafa9f0019fc7d6ebb13a4131102e2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1046.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1046.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}