Sec. 3800.0203.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
(b)  The temporary or successor temporary directors shall hold an election to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
(c)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1)  the date permanent directors are elected under Subsection (b); or
(2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.
(d)  If permanent directors have not been elected under Subsection (b) and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (e) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:
(1)  the date permanent directors are elected under Subsection (b); or
(2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.
(e)  If Subsection (d) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 647 (H.B. 5375), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2023.