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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 83(R)

House Bill 2688

House Author:  Perry

Effective:  See below

Senate Sponsor:  Seliger


            House Bill 2688 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to revise the procedures for placing a person's name on the ballot as a candidate for a director of the Ector County Hospital District or the Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas.  The bill also revises provisions relating to the fiscal year for the Dallam-Hartley Counties Hospital District and for the Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas.  Among other provisions relating to the Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas, the bill revises the election and terms of the board of directors, sets out the authorized uses of bond proceeds, and establishes procedures for dissolution of the district, including procedures for imposing a tax to pay district debt.  Provisions relating to the election and terms of the board of directors of the Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas, take effect January 1, 2014; all other provisions of the bill take effect June 14, 2013.