88R10238 MPF-F
By: Perry S.B. No. 1116
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry
Memorial Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1105.051(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors
elected from the district at large in the manner provided by Section
1105.0515.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1105, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1105.0515 to read as
follows:
Sec. 1105.0515. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CUMULATIVE VOTING.
(a) All directors shall be elected at large using the cumulative
voting procedure prescribed by this section.
(b) All director positions to be filled at the election
shall be voted on as one race by all qualified voters of the
district.
(c) Each voter is entitled to cast a number of votes equal to
the number of positions to be filled at the election, except that
the total number of votes cast by a voter may not exceed four. A
voter may cast one or more of the specified number of votes for any
one or more candidates in any combination. Only whole votes may be
cast and counted.
(d) If a voter casts more than the number of votes to which
the voter is entitled in the election, none of the voter's votes may
be counted in that election. If a voter casts fewer votes than
entitled, all of the voter's votes are counted in that election.
(e) The candidates who are elected are those, in the number
to be elected, receiving the highest numbers of votes.
(f) The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional
procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of
an election held in accordance with this section.
SECTION 3. Section 1105.052, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1105.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [At least 10 days
before the date] of a directors' election[, notice of the election]
must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in
Terry County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
SECTION 4. Section 1105.053, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1105.053. BALLOT APPLICATION [PETITION]. A person who
wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate
for director must file an application with the board secretary in
accordance with Chapter 144, Election Code [a petition requesting
that action. The petition must be:
[(1) signed by not fewer than 10 registered voters;
and
[(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005,
Election Code].
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.