The following words and terms, when used in this chapter in any derivative form, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) District--A Soil and Water Conservation District created under Chapter 201, Agriculture Code of Texas. (2) State Board--The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board created under Chapter 201, Agriculture Code of Texas. (3) Neglects the duty of office--This includes, but is not limited to, the district director being absent from more than six (6) consecutive regularly scheduled district board meetings that the district director is eligible and obligated to attend or are absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled meetings they are eligible and obligated to attend in any 12 month period, without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the district board and recorded in district board meeting minutes. It may also include those cases where, because of long-term illness or disability, the district director is unable to discharge the duties of office and the attending medical doctor does not believe recovery will allow the director to attend meetings during the remainder of their term. (4) Malfeasance in office--This includes, but is not limited to, the district director being found guilty in a court of law of misconduct or wrongdoing for an offense relating to bribery and corrupt influence; perjury and other falsification; obstructing governmental operation; or abuse of office as defined in the Penal Code or an offense that imposes a legal disability to vote. (5) Disqualified as a voter in the district--The district director is found to be less than 18 years of age; the district director does not hold title to farmland or ranchland lying within the conservation district; the district director is not actively engaged in the business of farming or animal husbandry; or the district director is not a resident of a county all or part of which is included in the district. (6) Disqualified as a director in the numbered subdivision they represent--The district director does not have, or does not maintain the qualifications to be a district director by not owning land within the numbered subdivision from which they were elected or appointed. |
