Tex. Water Code Section 63.0895
Joint Election with County


(a)

The commission of a district that is situated wholly in one county and that holds its commissioners’ election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year may, by adopting an order duly entered on the minutes, elect to hold the commissioners’ election jointly with the general election for state and county officers as provided by this section. Not later than the 90th day before election day, a copy of the order shall be mailed to the county election officer.

(b)

The commission shall order the commissioners’ election not later than the 70th day before election day.

(c)

The commission shall give notice of the commissioners’ election in the manner provided by Section 63.093 (Notice of Election)(a) of this code. The notice must state the official mailing address to which voters of the district may mail applications for absentee ballots to be voted by mail. The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the district or, if a newspaper is not published in the district, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The first publication shall be made not later than the 65th day nor earlier than the 70th day before election day.

(d)

A candidate for the office of commissioner must file documents as required by Title 15, Election Code, with the secretary.

(e)

A candidate for commissioner must file an application for a place on the ballot with the secretary not later than 5 p.m. of the 56th day before election day. In addition, a candidate’s name may be placed on the ballot by petition of 20 or more qualified electors of the district filed with the secretary by the filing deadline.

(f)

The county election officer shall establish the election precincts for the commissioners’ election. The election precincts shall be coterminous with county election precincts to the extent permitted by district boundaries.

(g)

The county commissioners court shall designate common polling places in the appropriate county election precincts for use in the joint election. The voters of the district may be served by a polling place located outside the boundary of the district if the location can adequately and conveniently serve the affected voters and will facilitate the orderly conduct of the election.

(h)

The county election officer is the absentee voting clerk for the commissioners’ election.

(i)

An election officer, including a member of the absentee ballot board, appointed to serve in the general election for state and county officers shall serve in the same office in the commissioners’ election. A person who is eligible to serve as an election officer in the general election for state and county officers is eligible to serve in the same office in the commissioners’ election.

(j)

The county election officer, subject to the approval of the county election board, shall procure, allocate, and distribute the equipment, ballots, forms, list of registered voters, and other materials necessary to conduct the commissioners’ election.

(k)

The county election officer shall prepare a single ballot containing all the offices to be voted on at a common polling place. The office of commissioner shall appear on the ballot after the precinct offices of the county government. The secretary shall certify in writing for placement on the ballot the name and address of each candidate for the office of commissioner. The certification shall be delivered to the county election officer not later than the 55th day before election day.

(l)

If an election precinct established under Subsection (f) of this section consists of only part of a county election precinct, the county election officer shall deliver to the presiding election judge a current description of the district boundary and a map, if a map is available. The county election officer shall deliver the district boundary information not later than the 30th day before election day.

(m)

The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to ensure that a voter is permitted to vote on the office of commissioner only if the voter is a resident of the district.

(n)

One set of ballot boxes shall be used at a common polling place for the deposit of ballots. The forms and records maintained at a common polling place shall be combined in a manner convenient and adequate to record and report the results of each election.

(o)

The county election officer is the general custodian of election records for the commissioners’ election.

(p)

The precinct election returns for the joint election shall be canvassed by the county commissioners court. The county judge shall promptly deliver the results of the commissioners’ election to the commission.

(q)

The commission shall issue a certificate of election to a candidate elected to the office of commissioner.

(r)

The county election officer and election officers, including members of the absentee ballot board, appointed to serve in the general election for state and county officers, are entitled to additional compensation for serving in the commissioners’ election only if additional compensation is provided by the commission.

(s)

The commission shall reimburse the county election officer for the expenses incurred in the conduct of the joint election that would not have been incurred if the general election for state and county officers had been held separately from the commissioners’ election.

(t)

Sections 63.090 (Placing Names of Candidates on Ballot), 63.091 (Polling Place), 63.092 (Election Officers), 63.093 (Notice of Election)(b), and 63.094 (Conduct of Election) of this chapter do not apply to a commissioners’ election held under this section.

(u)

In this section, “county election officer” means the county elections administrator in counties having that position, the county tax assessor-collector in counties in which the county clerk’s election duties and functions have been transferred to the tax assessor-collector, and the county clerk in other counties.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Source: Section 63.0895 — Joint Election with County, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.­63.­htm#63.­0895 (accessed Mar. 16, 2024).

63.001
Definitions
63.021
Self-liquidating Districts
63.022
Creation
63.023
Area Included in District
63.024
Petition to Create Single-county District
63.025
Petition to Create District in Two Counties
63.026
Navigation Board
63.027
Hearing
63.028
Notice of Hearing
63.029
Hearing by Navigation Board
63.030
Conduct of Hearing
63.031
Findings
63.032
Providing Funds for Proposed Improvements
63.033
Election Order
63.034
Notice of Election
63.035
Ballots
63.036
Conduct of Election
63.037
Returns of Election
63.038
Declaration of Result
63.039
Conversion of District
63.040
Resolution to Convert
63.041
Notice
63.042
Hearing
63.043
Findings
63.044
Effect of Conversion
63.081
Appointment of Commissioners
63.082
Qualifications
63.083
Vacancies
63.084
Oath
63.085
Bond
63.086
Term of Office
63.087
Optional Term of Office
63.088
Commission Organization and Quorum
63.089
Election of Commissioners
63.090
Placing Names of Candidates on Ballot
63.091
Polling Place
63.092
Election Officers
63.093
Notice of Election
63.094
Conduct of Election
63.095
Vacancies on Commission
63.096
Commissioner’s Oath
63.097
Commissioner’s Bond
63.098
Commissioner’s Compensation
63.099
District Manager
63.100
District Assessor and Collector
63.101
Deputy Assessor and Collector
63.103
Deputy’s Bond
63.104
Compensation of Assessor and Collector and Deputy
63.105
Engineer
63.106
Legal Counsel
63.107
District Employees
63.108
Bonds of Officers and Employees
63.109
Payment of Compensation and Expenses
63.110
District Office
63.112
Court Actions
63.151
Authority of District
63.152
Purposes of District
63.153
General Authority of District
63.154
Authority to Go on Land
63.155
Acquisition of Property and Right-of-way
63.156
Eminent Domain
63.157
Authority over Improvements
63.158
Obtaining Consent of United States
63.159
Cooperation with the United States
63.160
Duties of Engineer
63.161
United States Performing Duties of Engineer
63.162
District Order for Improvements
63.163
Notice of Hearing
63.164
Hearing on Improvements
63.165
Findings
63.166
Bond Election
63.167
Form of Bonds
63.168
Bids for Contract
63.169
Notice of Bids
63.170
Application of Certain Sections
63.171
Procedure for Bids
63.172
Formal Requirements of Contract
63.173
Contractor’s Bond
63.174
Interest in Contract
63.175
Supervision of Work
63.176
Payment for Work
63.177
Commission Report
63.178
Franchises
63.179
Adjacent Land
63.180
Issuance of Writs
63.181
Peace Officers
63.182
Effect on Police Powers
63.183
Other Laws Governing District
63.221
Construction and Maintenance Fund
63.222
District Depository
63.224
Accounts and Records
63.225
Deposit
63.226
Debt
63.227
Retiring Debt
63.228
Borrowing Money
63.251
Levy of Tax
63.252
Form of Bonds
63.253
Approval of Bonds by Attorney General
63.254
Registration of Bonds
63.255
Validity of Bonds
63.256
Sale of Bonds
63.257
Bond Record
63.281
Bond Tax
63.282
Maintenance and Operation Tax
63.283
Funds from Sources Other than Taxes
63.285
Duty of Assessor and Collector
63.321
Assessments to Retire Debt
63.322
Order to Retire Debt by Assessments
63.323
Notice of the Order and Hearing
63.324
Hearing Procedure
63.325
Findings
63.326
Tax Roll
63.327
Board of Equalization
63.328
Notice of Hearing by Board of Equalization
63.329
Hearing by Board of Equalization
63.330
Findings of Board of Equalization
63.331
Disapproval of Findings
63.332
Effect of Approval of Findings
63.333
Personal Obligation
63.334
Assessment Fund
63.335
Errors in Assessments
63.336
Reassessment
63.337
Suit to Set Aside or Correct Assessment
63.338
Delinquent Assessments
63.339
Suit for Collection
63.340
Sale of Property to Satisfy Judgment
63.341
Rules and Regulations
63.371
Annexation Authority
63.372
Petition
63.373
Scheduling Petition for Hearing
63.374
Hearing
63.375
Election Order
63.376
Notice of Election
63.377
Ballots
63.378
Election Officials
63.379
Canvass of Vote
63.0895
Joint Election with County
63.0945
Write-in Candidates
63.1045
Executive Director

Accessed:
Mar. 16, 2024

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