Texas § 8162.253 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF NEW DISTRICTS.

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§ 8162.253 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF NEW DISTRICTS.

Texas § 8162.253

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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code Code Ann. § 8162.253 (2026).

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Sec. 8162.253. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF NEW DISTRICTS.

(a)Not later than the 90th day after the date of an election in favor of the division of the district, the board shall:

(1)appoint itself as the board of one of the new districts; and

(2)appoint five directors for each of the other new districts.

(b)Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(1) serve the staggered terms to which they were elected in the original district. Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(2) serve until the election for directors under Subsection (c).

(c)On the uniform election date in May of the first even-numbered year after the year in which the directors are appointed, the appointed board shall hold an election to elect five directors in each district for which directors were appointed under Subsection (a

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Sec. 8162.253. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF NEW DISTRICTS. (a) Not later than the 90th day after the date of an election in favor of the division of the district, the board shall:
(1) appoint itself as the board of one of the new districts; and
(2) appoint five directors for each of the other new districts.
(b) Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(1) serve the staggered terms to which they were elected in the original district. Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(2) serve until the election for directors under Subsection (c).
(c) On the uniform election date in May of the first even-numbered year after the year in which the directors are appointed, the appointed board shall hold an election to elect five directors in each district for which directors were appointed under Subsection (a)(2). The directors shall draw lots to determine which two shall serve until the next regularly scheduled election of directors and which three shall serve until the second regularly scheduled election of directors.