By: Sibley S.B. No. 561
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the election of the members of the board of directors
1-2 of the Jack County Hospital District.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 4.01, Chapter 16, Acts of the 70th
1-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 4.01. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; ELECTION. (a) The district
1-7 is governed by a board of five directors <appointed by the
1-8 commissioners court of Jack County>. Members of the board of
1-9 directors are elected at large by place.
1-10 (b) Board members serve staggered terms of two years. A
1-11 member's term begins on June 1 following the date the member is
1-12 elected. <However, in making the initial appointments under this
1-13 section, the commissioners court shall designate:>
1-14 <(1) two directors to serve terms that expire in the
1-15 year following the year of appointment on the first day of the
1-16 month of that year corresponding to the month of appointment; and>
1-17 <(2) three directors to serve terms that expire in the
1-18 second year following the year of appointment on the first day of
1-19 the month of that year corresponding to the month of appointment.>
1-20 (c) A directors' election shall be held on the first
1-21 Saturday in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of
1-22 successor directors. <From the time the creation of the district
1-23 is approved until the directors are appointed under this section
1-24 and take office, the temporary directors serve as directors of the
2-1 district.>
2-2 SECTION 2. Section 4.02, Chapter 16, Acts of the 70th
2-3 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, is amended to read as follows:
2-4 Sec. 4.02. Qualifications for office. To be eligible to be
2-5 a candidate for or to serve <appointed> as a director, a person
2-6 must be:
2-7 (1) a resident of the district; and
2-8 (2) a qualified voter.
2-9 SECTION 3. Section 4.04, Chapter 16, Acts of the 70th
2-10 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, is amended to read as follows:
2-11 Sec. 4.04. BOARD VACANCY. A vacancy in the office of
2-12 director shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by
2-13 the remaining directors <commissioners court of Jack County>.
2-14 SECTION 4. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-15 The first election of the Jack County Hospital District board of
2-16 directors shall be held May 4, 1996. This section applies to the
2-17 first two elections of directors notwithstanding other law.
2-18 (b) On the effective date of this Act, the board shall
2-19 designate the positions of the directors serving in offices for
2-20 which the terms expire December 31, 1995, as Place 2 and Place 4,
2-21 respectively, and shall designate the positions of the directors
2-22 serving in offices for which the terms expire December 31, 1996, as
2-23 Place 1, Place 3, and Place 5, respectively.
2-24 (c) At the first election for directors under this Act,
2-25 directors shall be elected for Place 1, Place 3, and Place 5 for
2-26 terms expiring June 1, 1998. The terms of office for appointed
2-27 directors serving in those places expire on the date the elected
3-1 directors qualify for office.
3-2 (d) At the second election for directors under this Act,
3-3 directors shall be elected for Place 2 and Place 4 for terms
3-4 expiring June 1, 1999. The terms of office for appointed directors
3-5 serving in those places expire on the date the elected directors
3-6 qualify for office.
3-7 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.