By Jones of Brazos H.B. No. 950
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the election of the members of the board of directors
1-3 of the Burleson County Hospital District.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 8, Chapter 726, Acts of the 65th
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 8. The district shall be governed by a board of 11
1-8 directors. To be qualified to serve as a director a person shall
1-9 be not less than 21 years old and a qualified voter within the
1-10 district. After approval by the qualified voters of the district
1-11 of the proposition set forth in Section 7 of this Act, in the
1-12 manner therein provided, an election shall be held in the district
1-13 [on the first Saturday of each April] for the election of
1-14 directors. In even-numbered years the five directors who shall
1-15 occupy the even-numbered places shall be elected to serve two
1-16 years. In odd-numbered years the six directors who shall occupy
1-17 the odd-numbered places shall be elected to serve two years.
1-18 Thereafter, in [on the first Saturday in April of] each following
1-19 year such elections shall be held in continuing sequence in
1-20 accordance with Chapter 41, Election Code. Except for the
1-21 temporary directors herein appointed, any candidate for the office
1-22 of director shall file with the secretary of the board, or any
1-23 agent who may be designated by the board, his application to have
1-24 his name printed on the ballot. Such application shall be signed
2-1 by a candidate, or by 10 qualified voters of the district, and must
2-2 [shall] be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 45th day before
2-3 election day [at least 15 days before the election]. A vacancy in
2-4 the office of director or any office on the board shall be promptly
2-5 filled by appointment of the board for the unexpired term.
2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.