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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Booker |
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Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1003.051, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1003.051. BOARD. The district is governed by a board |
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of five [seven] directors. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1003.052(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Unless a four-year term is established under Section |
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285.081, Health and Safety Code: |
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(1) directors serve staggered terms of two years; |
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(2) two [three] directors shall be elected in |
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odd-numbered years and three [four] directors shall be elected in |
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even-numbered years; and |
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(3) a directors election shall be held on the first |
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Saturday in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of |
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directors. |
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SECTION 3. (a) At the election for directors of the Booker |
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Hospital District to be held on May 7, 2022, five directors shall be |
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elected. The three directors who receive the three highest number |
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of total votes cast at the election shall serve two-year terms and |
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the two directors who receive the fourth and fifth highest number of |
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total votes cast at the election shall serve one-year terms. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 1003.051, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act, the seven directors serving |
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on the board of directors immediately before the effective date of |
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this Act continue to serve as the district's governing body until a |
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majority of the directors elected on May 7, 2022, take office, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. The terms |
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of the directors serving on the board of directors immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act expire on the date a majority |
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of the directors elected on May 7, 2022, take office. |
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(c) Service on the board of directors of the district before |
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May 7, 2022, does not make a person ineligible for election as a |
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director of the district at the election held on May 7, 2022, or at a |
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subsequent election of district directors. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |