Sec. 1122.051. DIRECTORS; TERM. (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:

(1) the county judge of Hidalgo County shall appoint one director;

(2) each county commissioner serving on the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director;

(3) the governing body of the most populous municipality in Hidalgo County shall appoint two directors; and

(4) the governing bodies of the second, third, and fourth most populous municipalities in Hidalgo County shall each appoint one director.

(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:

(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

(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.

(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.

(d) A director may not serve more than three consecutive three-year terms.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3793), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 382 (H.B. 1596), Sec. 5, eff. June 10, 2015.