By: Lang (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3783
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 19, 2017;
May 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 23, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the terms of the board of directors of the Palo Pinto
County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1084.051(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section
285.081, Health and Safety Code, the directors elected to the board
serve staggered three-year [two-year] terms [as follows:
[(1) directors for places 1, 2, and 3 are elected on
the uniform election date in May of each odd-numbered year; and
[(2) directors for places 4, 5, and 6 are elected on
the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year].
SECTION 2. A director of the Palo Pinto County Hospital
District who is serving on the day before the effective date of this
Act shall serve until the director's term expires as described by
this section. A director serving in Place 1 or Place 2 shall serve
until the director's successor has qualified following the election
held in 2017. A director serving in Place 3 or Place 4 shall serve
until the director's successor has qualified following the election
held in 2018. A director serving in Place 5 or Place 6 shall serve
until the director's successor has qualified following the election
held in 2019.
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, 2017.
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