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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry |
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Memorial Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1105.051(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors |
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elected from the district at large in the manner provided by Section |
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1105.0515. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1105, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1105.0515 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1105.0515. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CUMULATIVE VOTING. |
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(a) All directors shall be elected at large using the cumulative |
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voting procedure prescribed by this section. |
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(b) All director positions to be filled at the election |
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shall be voted on as one race by all qualified voters of the |
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district. |
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(c) Each voter is entitled to cast a number of votes equal to |
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the number of positions to be filled at the election, except that |
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the total number of votes cast by a voter may not exceed four. A |
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voter may cast one or more of the specified number of votes for any |
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one or more candidates in any combination. Only whole votes may be |
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cast and counted. |
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(d) If a voter casts more than the number of votes to which |
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the voter is entitled in the election, none of the voter's votes may |
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be counted in that election. If a voter casts fewer votes than |
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entitled, all of the voter's votes are counted in that election. |
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(e) The candidates who are elected are those, in the number |
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to be elected, receiving the highest numbers of votes. |
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(f) The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional |
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procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of |
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an election held in accordance with this section. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1105.052, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1105.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [At least 10 days |
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before the date] of a directors' election[, notice of the election] |
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must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in |
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Terry County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. |
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SECTION 4. Section 1105.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1105.053. BALLOT APPLICATION [PETITION]. A person who |
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wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate |
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for director must file an application with the board secretary in |
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accordance with Chapter 144, Election Code [a petition requesting |
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that action. The petition must be: |
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[(1) signed by not fewer than 10 registered voters; |
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and |
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[(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005, |
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Election Code]. |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |