82R21757 CJC-D
By: Margo, Pickett, Marquez, Gonzalez H.B. No. 3462
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3462:
By: Smith of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 3462
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County
Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 281.021(e), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a
board composed of seven members, and shall by order provide for the
qualifications of appointees to the board and for approval to the
board following notice and public hearing.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0222 to read as follows:
Sec. 281.0222. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) This
section applies only to the El Paso County Hospital District.
(b) The El Paso County Commissioners Court may not appoint a
person to the board of hospital managers of the district if the
person is:
(1) an employee of El Paso County;
(2) a district employee;
(3) a party to a contract with the district to provide
goods or perform services for compensation; or
(4) related within the first degree of consanguinity
or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573,
Government Code, to a member of the commissioners court or to a
person described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
SECTION 3. Section 281.031, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
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;
(3) fails to pay a local tax, including an ad valorem
tax, when due; or
(4) would be ineligible to serve on the board as
provided by Section 281.0222.
(b) A resignation under Subsection (a) is effective
immediately on the date the conduct or disqualification [absence or
refusal] prescribed by Subsection (a) occurs or is determined.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso
County Hospital District made on or after the effective date of this
Act. An appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El
Paso County Hospital District that occurs before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 5. 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, 2011.