81R11244 ALB-F
By: Duncan S.B. No. 1790
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Hardeman County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1038.051(d), Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(d) An election shall be held on the uniform election date
in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of directors
[Section 41.001, Election Code, applies to an election held under
this section].
SECTION 2. Section 1038.052, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1038.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. The [At least 30 days
before the date of an election of directors, the] board shall
publish notice of the election [one time] in a newspaper or
newspapers that individually or collectively have general
circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003,
Election Code.
SECTION 3. Section 1038.062, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsections
(e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) The board may employ physicians and other health care
providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient
operation of the district.
(f) This section may not be construed as authorizing the
board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as
prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
SECTION 4. Section 1038.301, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsection
(e) to read as follows:
(e) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an
election ordered under this section.
SECTION 5. Section 1038.007, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is repealed.
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, 2009.