Bill Text: TX HB1917 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the removal of appointed emergency services commissioners by a commissioners court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Effective immediately [HB1917 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1917-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1917 |
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relating to the removal of appointed emergency services | ||
commissioners by a commissioners court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 775.0422, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 775.0422. REMOVAL OF APPOINTED BOARD MEMBER BY | ||
COMMISSIONERS COURT [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 775.0422, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commissioners court of the county in which a | ||
district is located, by an order adopted by a majority vote after a | ||
hearing, may remove a [ |
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(1) incompetency, as defined by Section 87.011, Local | ||
Government Code; | ||
(2) official misconduct, as defined by Section 87.011, | ||
Local Government Code; or | ||
(3) misconduct, as defined by Section 178.001, Local | ||
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(b-1) Section 551.0745, Government Code, applies to a | ||
deliberation regarding a removal of a board member in the same | ||
manner as that section applies to a deliberation regarding a | ||
dismissal of a member of an advisory body. | ||
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notify the board members that it is considering that action. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1917 was passed by the House on April | ||
18, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1917 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |