| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Booker |
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| 6 | 8 | | Hospital District. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1003.051, Special District Local Laws |
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| 9 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | Sec. 1003.051. BOARD. The district is governed by a board |
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| 11 | 13 | | of five [seven] directors. |
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| 12 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 1003.052(a), Special District Local Laws |
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| 13 | 15 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 16 | | (a) Unless a four-year term is established under Section |
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| 15 | 17 | | 285.081, Health and Safety Code: |
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| 16 | 18 | | (1) directors serve staggered terms of two years; |
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| 17 | 19 | | (2) two [three] directors shall be elected in |
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| 18 | 20 | | odd-numbered years and three [four] directors shall be elected in |
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| 19 | 21 | | even-numbered years; and |
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| 20 | 22 | | (3) a directors election shall be held on the first |
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| 21 | 23 | | Saturday in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of |
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| 22 | 24 | | directors. |
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| 23 | 25 | | SECTION 3. (a) At the election for directors of the Booker |
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| 24 | 26 | | Hospital District to be held on May 7, 2022, five directors shall be |
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| 25 | 27 | | elected. The three directors who receive the three highest number |
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| 26 | 28 | | of total votes cast at the election shall serve two-year terms and |
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| 27 | 29 | | the two directors who receive the fourth and fifth highest number of |
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| 28 | 30 | | total votes cast at the election shall serve one-year terms. |
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| 29 | 31 | | (b) Notwithstanding Section 1003.051, Special District |
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| 30 | 32 | | Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act, the seven directors serving |
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| 31 | 33 | | on the board of directors immediately before the effective date of |
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| 32 | 34 | | this Act continue to serve as the district's governing body until a |
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| 33 | 35 | | majority of the directors elected on May 7, 2022, take office, and |
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| 34 | 36 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. The terms |
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| 35 | 37 | | of the directors serving on the board of directors immediately |
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| 36 | 38 | | before the effective date of this Act expire on the date a majority |
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| 37 | 39 | | of the directors elected on May 7, 2022, take office. |
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| 38 | 40 | | (c) Service on the board of directors of the district before |
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| 39 | 41 | | May 7, 2022, does not make a person ineligible for election as a |
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| 40 | 42 | | director of the district at the election held on May 7, 2022, or at a |
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| 41 | 43 | | subsequent election of district directors. |
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| 42 | 44 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1212 passed the Senate on |
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| 46 | | - | April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 47 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1212 passed the House on |
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| 50 | | - | April 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 2, two |
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| 51 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 52 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 54 | | - | Approved: |
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| 55 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | | - | Date |
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| 57 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 58 | | - | Governor |
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