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1	1	By: Perry S.B. No. 1214
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County
9	9	Hospital District.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 1016.053, Special District Local Laws
12	12	Code, is amended to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 1016.053. BALLOT APPLICATION [PETITION]. A person who
14	14	wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate
15	15	for director must file an application with the board secretary in
16	16	accordance with Chapter 144, Election Code [a petition requesting
17	17	that action. The petition must be:
18	18	[(1) signed by at least 10 registered taxpaying
19	19	voters; and
20	20	[(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005,
21	21	Election Code].
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 1016.054, Special District Local Laws
23	23	Code, is amended to read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 1016.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) A person may
25	25	not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is:
26	26	(1) a district resident; and
27	27	(2) a qualified voter[;
28	28	[(3) a freeholder; and
29	29	[(4) at least 18 years of age when elected or
30	30	appointed].
31	31	(b) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director if
32	32	the person is a district employee.
33	33	SECTION 3. Section 1016.057, Special District Local Laws
34	34	Code, is amended to read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 1016.057. OFFICERS. The board shall elect a
36	36	president, a vice president, and a secretary from among its
37	37	members.
38	38	SECTION 4. The heading to Section 1016.060, Special
39	39	District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
40	40	Sec. 1016.060. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR[; ASSISTANT
41	41	ADMINISTRATOR].
42	42	SECTION 5. Section 1016.060(c), Special District Local Laws
43	43	Code, is amended to read as follows:
44	44	(c) The district administrator serves [and any assistant
45	45	administrator serve] at the will of the board and is [are] entitled
46	46	to the compensation determined by the board.
47	47	SECTION 6. Section 1016.110, Special District Local Laws
48	48	Code, is amended to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 1016.110. CONSTRUCTION [OR PURCHASE] CONTRACTS. (a)
50	50	The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.
51	51	(b) The board may enter into a public work contract as
52	52	authorized under Chapter 2269, Government Code.
53	53	(c) Chapter 2253, Government Code, as it relates to
54	54	performance and payment bonds, applies to the district's
55	55	construction contracts [A construction or purchase contract that
56	56	involves the expenditure of more than $2,000 may be made only after
57	57	advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and Subchapter C,
58	58	Chapter 262, Local Government Code].
59	59	SECTION 7. Section 1016.160(a), Special District Local Laws
60	60	Code, is amended to read as follows:
61	61	(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1016.107(c) of
62	62	this code, Section 315.002, Health and Safety Code, this
63	63	subchapter, and Subchapter E of this chapter, the district may not
64	64	incur a debt [an obligation] payable from district revenue other
65	65	than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and
66	66	following district fiscal years.
67	67	SECTION 8. The following provisions of the Special District
68	68	Local Laws Code are repealed:
69	69	(1) Section 1016.055; and
70	70	(2) Sections 1016.060(b) and (d).
71	71	SECTION 9. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to
72	72	Section 1016.053, Special District Local Laws Code, apply only to
73	73	an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
74	74	(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 1016.054,
75	75	Special District Local Laws Code:
76	76	(1) do not affect the entitlement of a director
77	77	serving on the board of directors immediately before the effective
78	78	date of this Act to continue to serve on the board for the remainder
79	79	of the director's term;
80	80	(2) apply only to a member of the board of directors
81	81	elected or appointed to the board on or after the effective date of
82	82	this Act; and
83	83	(3) do not prohibit a director serving on the board of
84	84	directors on the effective date of this Act from being reelected or
85	85	reappointed to the board if the director has the qualifications
86	86	required for membership on the board under Section 1016.054,
87	87	Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act.
88	88	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it
89	89	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
90	90	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
91	91	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
92	92	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.