1. (a) If the creation of the district is approved at the election held under Section 1122.021, the district shall be governed by a board of 10 directors, appointed as follows:

   1. (1) the county judge of Hidalgo County shall appoint one director;
   2. (2) each county commissioner serving on the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director;
   3. (3) the governing body of the most populous municipality in Hidalgo County shall appoint two directors; and
   4. (4) the governing bodies of the second, third, and fourth most populous municipalities in Hidalgo County shall each appoint one director.

2. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with three or four directors' terms expiring each year. The initial directors appointed under this section shall draw lots as follows to determine:

   1. (1) for the directors appointed by the governing bodies of the municipalities in Hidalgo County described by Subsection (a), which two directors serve a one-year term, which two directors serve a two-year term, and which director serves a three-year term; and
   2. (2) for the directors appointed by the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court, including the director appointed by the county judge of Hidalgo County, which two directors serve a one-year term, which director serves a two-year term, and which two directors serve a three-year term.
3. (c) On expiration of the initial directors' terms, successor directors shall be appointed for a three-year term by the person or governing body that appointed the initial director.
4. (d) A director may not serve more than three consecutive three-year terms.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3793), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 382 (H.B. 1596), Sec. 5, eff. June 10, 2015.