(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, together with the city, may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as initial directors five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as initial directors the persons named in the petition.
(b) Initial directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) for each director serving in a position for which the directors are elected, the date the permanent directors are elected under § 3985.0201 or June 1, 2023; and
(2) for each director serving in a position for which the directors are appointed under § 3985.0201, June 1, 2023.

(c) If the permanent elected directors have not been elected under § 3985.0201 and the terms of those temporary directors have expired, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint or reappoint successor directors to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date the permanent elected directors are elected under § 3985.0201; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.