TEMPORARY DIRECTORS

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: (1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8353.003; or (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter. (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8353.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earliest of: (1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8353.003; (2) the date the requirements of Section 8353.003(b)(1) are fulfilled; or (3) September 1, 2016. (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.