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Below are the timelines and legal requirements for the District’s Board of Directors elections. If you have any further questions please contact us here.

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The next Directors Election for Northwest Harris County Municipal Utility District 16 will be held on May 4, 2024.

Joseph Millspaugh
President
May 2022 - May 2026
(E)
Karen Lange
Vice President
May 2020 - May 2024
(E)
Raquel Villareal
Secretary
May 2022 - May 2026
(E)
Lourdes Kasapis
Asst. Secretary
May 2020 - May 2024
(A)
Bear Oakley
Director
May 2022 - May 2026
(A)

Filing Period:

  • The first day to file for place on May 4, 2024 general election ballot is Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

  • The last day to file for place on May 4, 2024 general election ballot is by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 2024.

  • A person may run for election to the District’s Board of Directors as a write-in candidate and to do so must file a declaration of write-in candidacy. The declaration must be filed with the Secretary of the District’s Board of Directors or his/her designated agent by mail, fax, email or in person. A declaration form may be downloaded/printed from the website of the Texas Secretary of State at https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/pol-sub/2-23f.pdf. The deadline to file write-in candidacy declaration for May 4, 2024 general election is by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.

  • Please see the Texas Secretary of State website for additional election deadlines.

  • Candidate filing materials can be found on the Texas Secretary of State and the Texas Ethics Commission websites.

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General Eligibility Requirements for a Candidate:

  • 18 years of age on first day of term

  • U.S. citizen

  • Resident of Texas for one year

  • Registered voter in political subdivision OR owner of property in political subdivision

  • Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities

  • Have not 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

  • Acknowledge awareness of the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code.

  • Please see Section 54.102, Texas Water Code, and 141.001, Texas Election Code, for the eligibility requirements to serve as a director.

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Requirements for Filing for Candidacy for Each Elected Office of Political Subdivision:

  • Each candidate must complete an Application for a Place on the General Election Ballot. The application can be obtained from the Election Agent or from the Secretary of State’s website: www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/index.shtml (Form 2-21). The application must be notarized and the original must be received in the office of the election agent during the filing period.

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Candidate Application Filing Location:

Johnson Petrov LLP
2929 Allen Parkway, Suite 3150
Houston, Texas 77019
713-489-8977
mcroon@johnsonpetrov.com

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