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The Attorney General of Texas
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An Equal Opportunity/
affirmative Action EmployerDe:a mber 28, 1984
Honorable James S . M(Grath
Criminal District Atl:orney
Jefferson County
P. 0. Box 2553
Beaumont, Texas 7704Opinion No. JM-284
Re: Election of commissioners
in Jefferson County Drainage
District No. 7Dear Mr. McGrath:
You have asked Eor an opinion construing language in section 4 of
the act establishing Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7
respecting the appo:.ntment or election of commissioners "as long as
five municipalities e cist within the district." Acts 1962, 57th Leg.,
3rd C.S., ch. 34, at: 98; Acts 1977, 65th Leg., ch. 614, at 1520. As
amended, the provision now reads:
Sec. 4. The management and control of the
District tall be vested in five Commissioners.
Except as provided by this Act, the General Laws
of the S;tate of Texas relating to the
Commissioners of drainage districts shall apply to
the Commie;sioners of the District. The present
Commissioners of the District shall remain in
office for the remainder of their terms of office,
and the provisionss of Sections 56.061 through
56.063, Wa;t:er Code, and Article 8161b, Sec. 7,
Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended,
shall apply to the Commissioners of the District.
Section 55.064, Water Code, as amended, shall
apply to this District, except that the
Commissioners Court shall order the election on
petition of at least 20 percent of the real
property taxpayers of the district, and that five
Commissioners shall be elected at large if an
election .Es ordered under that section, with the
Commissioners Court selecting the fifth
Commissioner from the persons tying for fifth
place in the event of a tie. After the expiration
of the tents of the present Commissioners, no more
than one Commissioner shall be appointed and/or
elected from any one municipality as long as five
municipalities exist within the district. For allP. 1261
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