(a) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a district is governed by a board of seven directors appointed in the same manner as provided by § 344.052(a) for the appointment of temporary directors.
(b) Initial appointees under this section shall draw lots to determine their terms so that:
(1) three directors serve terms that expire on September 1 of the first year following creation of the district; and
(2) four directors serve terms that expire on September 1 of the second year following creation of the district.

(c) Directors serve staggered two-year terms.
(d) A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner that the vacant position was originally filled.
(e) The governing body of a municipality by resolution may appoint the governing body’s membership as the board of directors of the district, if the appointment is approved by the voters in a creation election or continuation referendum under this chapter. A member of a governing body appointed under this section as an ex officio director serves a term concurrent with the member’s term as a member of the governing body.
(f) In a district for which the governing body of the municipality does not serve as the district’s board of directors, the governing body may create a board of directors for which one director is appointed by each member of the governing body to serve at the pleasure of that member for a term not to exceed two years and that expires when the member of the governing body that appointed the director leaves office.