Tex.
Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code Section 1046.054
Modification of Term
(a)
Notwithstanding Section 1046.051 (Board Election; Term), the board, on its own motion, may order that directors serve staggered three-year or four-year terms. After an initial change under this section from staggered two-year terms, the board may not change the terms again.(b)
If the board orders four-year terms, the directors are to be elected in accordance with Section 285.081 (Optional Four-year Terms), Health and Safety Code.(c)
If the board orders staggered three-year terms, directors are to be elected as follows:(1)
if the first election that occurs at least 120 days after the date the order is entered is an election in an even-numbered year:(A)
the four directors elected at that election shall draw lots to determine the three directors that serve three-year terms and the director that serves a two-year term;(B)
the at-large director elected at the first odd-numbered year election after the order is entered serves a three-year term; and(C)
the four other directors elected at the first odd-numbered year election after the order is entered shall draw lots to determine which two directors serve three-year terms and which two directors serve one-year terms; and(2)
if the first election that occurs at least 120 days after the date the order is entered is an election in an odd-numbered year:(A)
the at-large director elected at that election serves a three-year term;(B)
the four other directors elected at that election shall draw lots to determine the two directors that serve three-year terms and the two directors that serve two-year terms; and(C)
the four directors elected at the first even-numbered year election after the order is entered shall draw lots to determine which three directors serve three-year terms and which director serves a one-year term.
Source:
Section 1046.054 — Modification of Term, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1046.htm#1046.054 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
