Bill Text: TX HB4569 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the operation of the Ector County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB4569 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4569-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of the Ector County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB4569 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4569-Introduced.html
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By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 4569 |
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relating to the operation of the Ector County Hospital District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 1024.051(a) and (d), Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors | ||
elected from single-member districts. | ||
(d) An election shall be held on the uniform election date | ||
in May of each odd-numbered [ |
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appropriate number of directors. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1024.054(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) In addition to Subsection (a), a person who is elected | ||
from a single-member district [ |
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appointed to fill a vacancy for a single-member district | ||
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 1024, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1024.0545 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 1024.0545. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground | ||
for removal from the board that a director is absent from more than | ||
half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the director is | ||
eligible to attend in any 12-month period without an excuse | ||
approved by a majority vote of the board. | ||
(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by | ||
the fact that the action is taken when a ground for removal of a | ||
director exists. | ||
(c) A director may be removed for a ground provided by this | ||
section using the procedures provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 87, | ||
Local Government Code, for removing a county official. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1024.051(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all | ||
governmental acts and proceedings of the board of directors of the | ||
Ector County Hospital District that were taken before the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
effective date of this Act: | ||
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
judgment; or | ||
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2019. |