- (a) The directors of the district shall be elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.
- (b) One director shall be elected by the voters of the entire district, and one director shall be elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.
- (c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), to be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the district. To be a candidate for or to serve as director from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of that precinct.
(d) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:
- (1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or
- (2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.
(e) A person's eligibility to serve a term as director is not affected when the county commissioners precincts are redrawn after each federal decennial census to reflect population changes by a boundary change that:
- (1) removes the person's residence from the precinct the person serves; and
- (2) takes effect during the term for which the person was elected or appointed.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 671 (H.B. 4207), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.