By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1767 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the appointment of the board of 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. The commissioners court shall provide for the qualifications of appointees to the board. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a vacancy on the board of managers of the El Paso County Hospital District that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A vacancy that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. 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.