76R16544 MXM-D                          
         By Lindsay                                             S.B. No. 995
         Substitute the following for S.B. No. 995:
         By Ramsay                                          C.S.S.B. No. 995
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a review of the Harris County Hospital District.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND REPORT ON HARRIS COUNTY
 1-5     HOSPITAL DISTRICT.  (a)  In this section:
 1-6                 (1)  "Commission" means the review commission created
 1-7     by this section.
 1-8                 (2)  "District" means the Harris County Hospital
 1-9     District.
1-10           (b)  A commission is created for the district to assist this
1-11     state in reviewing the district.
1-12           (c)  The commission is composed of:
1-13                 (1)  two members of the house of representatives and
1-14     one public member, appointed by the speaker of the house of
1-15     representatives;
1-16                 (2)  two members of the senate and one public member,
1-17     appointed by the lieutenant governor; and
1-18                 (3)  the chairman of the board of hospital managers of
1-19     the district.
1-20           (d)  A member of the commission serves at the will of the
1-21     appointing person.
1-22           (e)  The commission shall elect from among its members a
1-23     presiding officer and any other necessary officers.
 2-1           (f)  The commission shall meet at the call of the presiding
 2-2     officer.
 2-3           (g)  A member of the commission receives no compensation for
 2-4     serving on the commission.
 2-5           (h)  The commission shall review the enabling legislation for
 2-6     the district, which is Chapter 281, Health and Safety Code.
 2-7           (i)  Not later than November 1, 2000, the commission shall
 2-8     file a report containing the results of the review under Subsection
 2-9     (h) of this section, including any recommendations for necessary
2-10     changes to the district's enabling legislation, with the governor,
2-11     lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives.
2-12           SECTION 2.  APPOINTMENTS.  Each appointment to the review
2-13     commission established by Section 1 of this Act shall be made by
2-14     July 1, 1999.
2-15           SECTION 3.  ABOLISHMENT; EXPIRATION.  On January 1, 2001, the
2-16     review commission established by Section 1 of this Act is abolished
2-17     and this Act expires.
2-18           SECTION 4.  EMERGENCY.  The importance of this legislation
2-19     and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-23     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-24     passage, and it is so enacted.