Sec. 344.052. TEMPORARY BOARD. (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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Municipal Public Safety
Chapter 344 - Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services Districts
Subchapter B. Creation of District and Temporary Board
Section 344.051. Authority of Municipality to Propose District
Section 344.052. Temporary Board
Section 344.053. Election Required
Section 344.054. Confirmation Election Order
Section 344.055. Sales and Use Tax
Section 344.056. Notice of Election
Section 344.057. Election Date
Section 344.058. Ballot Proposition
Section 344.059. Canvassing Returns
Section 344.060. Dissolution of Temporary Board
Section 344.061. Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services Plan and Budget Plan