H.B. No. 118
AN ACT
relating to the grounds for removal of a member of the board of
directors of the Lynn County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4A(a), Chapter 66, Acts of the 60th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, is amended to read as follows:
(a) It is a ground for removal from the board of directors
that a member:
(1) is absent from more than half [three-fourths] of
the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible
to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a
majority vote of the board; or
(2) fails to timely pay a federal, state, or local tax,
including an ad valorem tax.
SECTION 2. Section 1054.0565(a), Special District Local
Laws Code, as effective September 1, 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a
director:
(1) is absent from more than half [three-fourths] of
the regularly scheduled board meetings that the director is
eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse
approved by a majority vote of the board; or
(2) fails to timely pay a federal, state, or local tax,
including an ad valorem tax.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect only if
the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes does
not become law. If the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
corrections in existing codes becomes law, Section 1 of this Act has
no effect.
(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect only if the Act of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes
becomes law. If the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
existing codes does not become law, Section 2 of this Act has no
effect.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 118 was passed by the House on April
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 118 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor