84R28563 MEW-D
By: West S.B. No. 1461
(Burkett)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1461: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment and terms of the board of hospital
managers of the Dallas County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0211 to read as follows:
Sec. 281.0211. APPOINTMENT OF DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL
DISTRICT BOARD; MEMBERS' TERMS. (a) The Dallas County Hospital
District is governed by a board composed of 11 members, appointed as
follows:
(1) the Dallas County Commissioners Court shall
appoint one member;
(2) each commissioner on the Dallas County
Commissioners Court shall appoint two members; and
(3) the county judge of Dallas County shall appoint
two members.
(b) Board members appointed under this section serve
staggered three-year terms, with as near as possible to one-third
of the members' terms expiring each year.
(c) On or after September 1, 2022, the Dallas County
Commissioners Court shall appoint members to the board in
accordance with Sections 281.021(a) and 281.022(a).
(d) Subsection (c) does not affect the entitlement of a
member of the board of the Dallas County Hospital District
appointed to the board under this section before September 1, 2022,
to continue to carry out the member's functions for the remainder of
the member's term.
(e) On the expiration of the terms of the board members
described by Subsection (d), the Dallas County Commissioners Court
shall take appropriate action to ensure that, as soon as possible,
the board of the Dallas County Hospital District complies with the
requirements of Sections 281.021(a) and 281.022(a).
SECTION 2. (a) The members of the board of hospital
managers of the Dallas County Hospital District serving on the
effective date of this Act may draw lots or use another method to
determine the members, the number of whom must be as near as
possible to one-third of the total number of members, who shall
serve terms that expire in 2018, the members, the number of whom
must be as near as possible to one-third of the total number of
members, who shall serve terms that expire in 2017, and the members,
the number of whom must be as near as possible to one-third of the
total number of members, who shall serve terms that expire in 2016.
The members of the board appointed to succeed the members serving on
the effective date of this Act shall serve three-year terms.
(b) At the time the terms of the board of hospital managers
of the Dallas County Hospital District are determined under
Subsection (a) of this section, the Dallas County Commissioners
Court shall establish the specific date on which the terms of
members of the board of hospital managers shall expire each year.
(c) The additional members of the board of hospital managers
of the Dallas County Hospital District required by Section
281.0211, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, must be
appointed not later than January 1, 2016.
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, 2015.