Sec. 67.0055.  ELECTION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE.  (a)  This section applies only to an election for a director's position on a board of a corporation that provides retail water or sewer service in which a candidate who is to appear on the ballot for the position is unopposed.
(b)  The board by resolution may declare a candidate elected to a director's position if the board certifies in writing that the candidate is unopposed for the position.  A copy of the resolution shall be posted at the corporation's main office.
(c)  If a declaration is made under Subsection (b), the election for that position is not held.
(d)  If the election for the unopposed candidate would have been held with an annual meeting of the members or shareholders of the corporation, the text of the declaration described by Subsection (b) shall be read into the record at the annual meeting.
(e)  The ballots used at a separate election that is held at the same time as an election for an unopposed candidate would have been held shall include after measures or contested races the position and name of a candidate declared elected under this section, under the heading "Unopposed Candidates Declared Elected."
(f)  A person may not, by intimidation or by means of coercion, influence or attempt to influence a person to withdraw as a candidate or not to file an application for a place on the ballot so that an election may be canceled.
(g)  The board may adopt necessary rules or bylaws to implement this section, including rules or bylaws to ensure the fairness, integrity, and openness of the process.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 447), Sec. 4, eff. May 18, 2013.