- (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the governing body proposes to create a district under this chapter, the governing body shall appoint seven persons to serve as temporary directors of the district. The temporary directors must reside in the proposed district.
- (b) Not later than the 75th day after the date the governing body proposes to create the district, the temporary board shall conduct a meeting to organize the board. The temporary directors shall elect one of its members as presiding officer of the board at that meeting.
- (c) A temporary director other than the presiding officer may designate another person to serve in the director's place.
- (d) The governing body shall fill a vacancy in the office of a temporary director in the same manner that it originally filled the vacant position.
- (e) The term "governing body" in this section means the mayor if the municipality creating the district has a population of 1.9 million or more.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2001.