Sec. 56.069. TRANSFER OF BOARD'S POWER TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) The functions, powers, rights, and duties exercised by or relating to the board of any district may be transferred to the commissioners court of the county in which the district is wholly located, but before the transfer is made, the commissioners court and the board must pass resolutions authorizing the transfer. In any district in which the board is elected, the transfer may not be made unless the transfer is approved by a majority of the voters voting on that issue at an election held in the district.

(b) After the transfer is made, the commissioners court shall be the sole governing body of the district and shall exercise the functions, powers, rights, and duties transferred.

(c) The members of the commissioners court are not entitled to receive any compensation for the exercise of these functions, powers, rights, and duties.

(d) On the passage of a resolution at a meeting of the board of the district, the commissioners court may be authorized to receive an allowance of not more than $150 a month for travel expense incurred by the commissioners incident to the discharge of their duties as members of the board of the district.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 504, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1780, ch. 653, Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 1973; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 298, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.