{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1122.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.051","heading":"DIRECTORS; TERM.","body":"(a) If the creation of the district is approved at the election held under Section 1122.021, the district shall be governed by a board of 10 directors, appointed as follows:\n(1) the county judge of Hidalgo County shall appoint one director;\n(2) each county commissioner serving on the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director;\n(3) the governing body of the most populous municipality in Hidalgo County shall appoint two directors; and\n(4) the governing bodies of the second, third, and fourth most populous municipalities in Hidalgo County shall each appoint one director.\n(b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with three or four directors' terms expiring each year. The initial directors appointed under this section shall draw lots as follows to determine:\n(1) for the directors appointed by the governing bodies of the municipalities in Hidalgo County described by Subsection (a), which two directors serve a one-year term, which two directors serve a two-year term, and which director serves a three-year term; and\n(2) for the directors appointed by the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court, including the director appointed by the county judge of Hidalgo County, which two directors serve a one-year term, which director serves a two-year term, and which two directors serve a three-year term.\n(c) On expiration of the initial directors' terms, successor directors shall be appointed for a three-year term by the person or governing body that appointed the initial director.\n(d) A director may not serve more than three consecutive three-year terms.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3793), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 382 (H.B. 1596), Sec. 5, eff. June 10, 2015.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH","SUBTITLE A. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 1122. HIDALGO COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1122.htm#1122.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"2683f8bab50994be314e782307f8a6c96253c14ddc907ce4a9aa3623094527f4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1122.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1122.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}