Sec. 51.734. GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS. (a) After two or more districts are consolidated, they become one district, except for the payment of debts created before consolidation, and are governed as one district.
(b) During a period of 90 days after the date of the election to approve consolidation, the officers of each district shall continue to act jointly as officers of the original districts to wind up the affairs of their respective districts.
(c) The consolidation agreement may provide that the officers of the original districts shall continue to act jointly as officers of the consolidated district until the next general election or name persons to serve as officers of the consolidated district until the next general election if all officers of the original districts agree to resign.
(d) New officers of the consolidated district must qualify as officers of the district within the period of 90 days after the election and shall assume their offices at the expiration of the 90-day period.
(e) The current board shall approve the bond of each new officer.
(f) The consolidation agreement may provide for the establishment of five voting precincts described in the agreement and for the election of one director from each precinct. A district that adopts the precinct method of election will retain that method if it elects to be governed by another chapter of this code.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 377, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1764, ch. 712, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.
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