By West                                                H.B. No. 298
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the appointment of an assistant administrator for the
 1-3     Ector County Hospital District.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Sections 4.13(a), (b), and (c), Chapter 550, Acts
 1-6     of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are amended to read
 1-7     as follows:
 1-8           (a)  The board may appoint qualified persons as administrator
 1-9     of the district [, assistant administrator,] and attorney for the
1-10     district.  The administrator and attorney serve at the will of the
1-11     board.
1-12           (b)  The administrator may appoint one or more qualified
1-13     persons as assistant administrators for the district.  An [,]
1-14     assistant administrator serves [, and attorney serve] at the will
1-15     of the administrator [board].
1-16           (c)  The administrator, [assistant administrator, and]
1-17     attorney, and each assistant administrator are entitled to
1-18     compensation as determined by the board.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.