(a) A municipality that is divided into districts, wards, or other areas from which members of its governing body are elected shall elect all members of the municipality’s governing body following each apportionment on the first uniform election date that allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law.
(b) If members of the governing body of a municipality described by Subsection (a) serve staggered terms, the municipality shall adopt an equitable process to determine which members of the governing body serve shorter terms to accommodate an election following apportionment that accounts for the remaining time in each member’s term and whether the term of any member elected from a particular district, ward, or area was previously shortened under this section.

Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 21.006

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
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