Tex. Spec. Dists. Code § 1059.053

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 1059.053 - Qualifications for Office

(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be:

(1) a district resident;

(2) a qualified voter; and

(3) able to obtain a bond as prescribed by Section 1059.054.

(b) In addition to Subsection (a), a person who is elected from a commissioners precinct or who is appointed to fill a vacancy for a commissioners precinct must be a resident of that commissioners precinct.

(c) A district employee or member of the district's medical staff may not serve as a director.

(d) A person formerly employed by the district may not serve as a director before the second anniversary of the date of the termination of that person's employment by the district.

Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 1059.053

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920, Sec. 1.02, eff. 4/1/2009.