Texas Water Code 67.0051 – Qualifications for Election or Appointment as Director
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(a) To be qualified for election or appointment as a director, a person must be:
(1) 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable; and
(2) a member or shareholder of the corporation.
(b) In addition to the qualifications prescribed by Subsection (a), a person is not qualified to serve as a director if the person:
(1) has been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote; or
(2) has been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities.
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 67.0051
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Probate: Proving a will
(c) If the board determines that a person serving as a director does not have the qualifications prescribed by Subsections (a) and (b), the board shall, not later than the 60th day after the date the board makes that determination, remove the director and fill the vacancy by appointing a person who has the qualifications prescribed by those subsections.