S.B. No. 534
AN ACT
relating to the El Paso County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 281.021, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a
board composed of seven members.
SECTION 2. Section 281.022, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The members of the board of hospital managers of the El
Paso County Hospital District serve staggered three-year terms,
with as near as possible to one-third of the members' terms expiring
each year.
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Sections 281.0221 and 281.031 to read as
follows:
Sec. 281.0221. TERM LIMIT. A member of the board of
hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District may not
serve more than two consecutive three-year terms and is not
eligible for reappointment to the board until the second
anniversary of the date the member's eligibility expires under this
section.
Sec. 281.031. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER. (a) A member of the
board of hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District
is considered to have resigned the member's position if the member:
(1) is absent from all the regularly scheduled board
and committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during
a 90-day period; or
(2) is absent from more than half of the regularly
scheduled board and committee meetings that the member is eligible
to attend during a 12-month period.
(b) A resignation under Subsection (a) is effective
immediately on the date the absence or refusal prescribed by
Subsection (a) occurs.
SECTION 4. (a) This section applies to the appointment of
the members of the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County
Hospital District after the effective date of this Act,
notwithstanding other law.
(b) The members of the board appointed to succeed the
members serving on the effective date of this Act whose terms expire
March 31, 2010, shall serve three-year terms.
(c) The members of the board appointed to succeed the
members serving on the effective date of this Act whose terms expire
March 31, 2011, shall draw lots to determine which two members shall
serve a term expiring March 31, 2012, and which two members shall
serve a term expiring March 31, 2014. Successor members appointed
in 2012 and 2014 serve three-year terms.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 534 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 534 passed the House on
May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor