State districts must hold conventions to elect a state board member, and the state board must notify local board officers and pay delegate travel and per diem.
Sec. 201.013. STATE DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. (a) For the purpose of electing a member to the state board, each state district shall conduct a convention attended by delegates elected from each conservation district in the state district. (b) The state board shall notify the chairman and secretary of each board of directors of the location of the state district convention in the applicable state district. The state board shall give the notice at least 60 days before the date of the convention. (c) After receiving notice of the location of the convention, the chairman of each board of directors shall call a meeting for the purpose of electing a delegate and an alternate to the state district convention. In order to serve as a delegate or an alternate, a person must be an eligible voter of the conservation district and actively engaged in farming or ranching. (d) The chairman of a board of directors shall certify the name and address of the delegate and the alternate to the state board not later than the 30th day before the date of the convention. (e) Each delegate to a state district convention, or an alternate attending in the place of a delegate, is entitled to a per diem of $30 a day for not more than two days and the state mileage reimbursement rate specified in the General Appropriations Act for travel each way between the county seat of the delegate's residence and the convention site. The state board shall pay the per diem and travel allowance. (f) A member of the state board is a qualified delegate to the convention of the state district from which the member was elected. (g) A majority of the delegates to a state district convention constitutes a quorum. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1462, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 611, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 624 (H.B. 496), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.