SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sec. 8374.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district is governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b)  If required under the terms of the agreement, ordinance, or resolution by which a municipality consents to the creation of the district, the board consists of:
(1)  four elected directors; and
(2)  one director appointed by the governing body of the municipality.
(c)  A director appointed under Subsection (b)(2) is not required to be a qualified voter of the district or to own land subject to taxation in the district.
(d)  Except as provided by Section 8374.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.  A permanent director may not serve more than two four-year terms.
(e)  The common law doctrine of incompatibility does not disqualify an official or employee of a municipality from being appointed a director by the governing body of a municipality under Subsection (b)(2), and a director appointed to the board may continue to serve in a public office of or be employed by the municipality.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 989 (H.B. 1760), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.