89R15357 SRA-F
By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2784
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell
County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1123 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 1123. SOMERVELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1123.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the
district.
(2) "Director" means a member of the board.
(3) "District" means the Somervell County Hospital
District.
SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 1123.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board consists of
seven elected directors.
Sec. 1123.052. TERMS; ELECTION. (a) Directors serve
staggered four-year terms.
(b) An election shall be held on the uniform election date
in May of appropriate years to elect the appropriate number of
directors.
SECTION 2. (a) A director of the Somervell County Hospital
District who is serving on the day before the effective date of this
Act shall continue to serve until the director's term expires and
the director's successor has qualified.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 1123.052, Special District
Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, the directors of the
Somervell County Hospital District elected at the directors'
election held in May of 2026 shall draw lots to determine which two
directors serve two-year terms and which three directors serve
three-year terms.
(c) The directors of the Somervell County Hospital District
elected at the directors' election held in May of 2027 shall serve
four-year terms.
(d) A director of the Somervell County Hospital District who
succeeds a director described by Subsection (b) or (c) of this
section shall serve a four-year term.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.