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S.B. No. 2570
1 of the new single-member districts.
2 (b) In dividing the district into single-member districts
3 under Subsection (a) of this section, the board shall:
4 (1) take into account the existing at-large board
5 position elected by the voters of the Santa Gertrudis Independent
6 School District; and
7 (2) draw the single-member districts in a manner that
8 retains the existing district lines as closely as possible.
9 (c) If the district annexes territory, the annexed
10 territory becomes part of one or more of the single-member
11 districts as determined by the board.
12 (d) One director shall be elected from each single-member
13 district.
14 (e) To be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person
15 must be a registered voter in the single-member district the person
16 represents or seeks to represent.
17 (f) A person shall indicate on the application for a place
18 on the ballot the single-member district the person seeks to19 represent.
20 (g) After each federal decennial census or as needed, the
21 board may redraw the single-member districts to reflect population
22 changes. A director in office on the effective date of a change in
23 the boundaries of a single-member district, or a director elected
24 or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of
25 office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall
26 serve for the remainder of the director's term in the single-member
27 district to which elected or appointed even though the change in3
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 2570, Chapter 893, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149619/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.