2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts
Subchapter B. Creating and Dividing a District
Section 53.040. Elected Supervisors Take Office

Universal Citation:
TX Water Code § 53.040 (2025)
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Sec. 53.040. ELECTED SUPERVISORS TAKE OFFICE. If the election results in a division of the district, the five candidates receiving the most votes in each new district shall be declared elected. They shall immediately qualify in accordance with Section 49.055.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 402, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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