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House Bill 1917 |
House Author: Schwertner |
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Effective: 5-21-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Ogden |
House Bill 1917 amends the Health and Safety Code to change the conditions for removal of an appointed emergency services commissioner by a commissioners court. Under previous law, the commissioners court of a county in which a general emergency services district is located, by an order adopted by a majority vote after a hearing, was authorized to remove one or more board members if the board failed, within a specified period, to give a required report regarding the district's budget, tax rate, and debt service for the preceding fiscal year. The bill instead authorizes the commissioners court, by an order adopted by a majority vote after a hearing, to remove a board member for incompetency, official misconduct, or misconduct as defined by certain Local Government Code provisions. The bill specifies that a deliberation regarding such a removal is exempted from the state open meetings requirement in the same manner as a deliberation regarding a dismissal of a member of a county advisory board. The bill requires a commissioners court seeking removal of a board member to notify the board members that it is considering that action not later than the 30th day before the date on which the hearing is held.