(a) This section applies only following the annexation by the district under Subchapter J , Chapter 36 , Water Code, of the territory of a third additional county or the simultaneous or subsequent annexation of the territory of other additional counties.
(b) After annexation, two directors shall be elected from each county in the district as provided by this section.
(c) Not later than the 90th day after the date of an election in which the annexation of a county is ratified by a majority vote of the voters of that county, the commissioners court of each annexed county shall appoint two temporary directors to the board. Temporary directors serve until initial permanent directors are elected under Subsection (d).
(d) In the first odd-numbered year following the election in which annexation of a county is ratified, on the uniform election date in May or another date authorized by law, initial permanent directors shall be elected from that county. The initial permanent directors from the county shall draw lots to determine who will serve a four-year term and who will serve a two-year term.
(e) On the date of the next regularly scheduled directors' election in an even-numbered year following the election in which annexation of a county is ratified:
(1) one director position from Comanche County and one director position from Erath County are abolished; and
(2) the terms of the directors serving in those positions expire on the date of the election.
(f) On the date of the next regularly scheduled directors' election in an odd-numbered year following the election in which annexation of the county is ratified:
(1) one director position from each of the first two counties annexed by the district is abolished; and
(2) the terms of the directors serving in those positions expire on the date of the election.
(g) If more than one position described by Subsection (e)(1) or (f)(1) is scheduled for election in Comanche County, Erath County, or one of the first two counties annexed by the district, the directors of the county shall draw lots to determine which position shall be abolished in accordance with Subsections (e) and (f).
(h) Each odd-numbered year following the election of initial permanent directors under Subsection (d), on the uniform election date in May or another date authorized by law, the appropriate number of directors from the annexed county shall be elected.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026 ), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2015.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
