Sec. 8855.071. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. (a) After the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the district territory described in Section 8855.003 shall be expanded to include all of the territory in Navarro County, and the governing board described by Section 8855.051(a) shall be expanded to 10 members and include two directors appointed by the Navarro County Commissioners Court, if:

(1) pursuant to Chapter 35, Water Code, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality designates all or any portion of the territory in Navarro County as a priority groundwater management area; and

(2) following the designation described by Subdivision (1), the commissioners court of Navarro County:

(A) adopts a resolution that states, "By this action of the Navarro County Commissioners Court, all of the territory in Navarro County, Texas, shall, as of the date of this resolution, be included in the boundaries of the Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District"; and

(B) appoints two directors who are registered to vote in Navarro County to the board.

(b) A person appointed under this section must qualify to serve under Section 36.055, Water Code.

(c) At the first regular meeting of the board following the qualification of both directors, the two directors appointed under this section shall draw lots to determine which director serves a term expiring August 31 of the first odd-numbered year after the directors' appointment, and which director serves a term expiring August 31 of the next odd-numbered year.

(d) A director appointed under this section shall otherwise serve in accordance with Subchapter C.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 726), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.