By: Bell, Keough, Metcalf (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 389
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
April 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 5, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Montgomery County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 1063.051(c) and (d), Special District
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) An election shall be held on the uniform election date
in November [May] of each even-numbered year to elect the
appropriate number of directors.
(d) Directors serve staggered four-year terms that expire
on the last day of December [second Tuesday in June].
SECTION 2. Section 1063.112, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1063.112. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. A construction
contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount
provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, [$10,000] may
be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Subchapter
B, Chapter 271 [Chapter 252 and Subchapter C, Chapter 262], Local
Government Code.
SECTION 3. The board of directors of the Montgomery County
Hospital District shall adjust the terms of office to conform to a
change in the election date made by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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