S.B. No. 524 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. Subsection (a), Section 4A, 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. Subsection (a), Section 1054.0565, 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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the Senate on March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the House on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, one present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor