1-1 By: West (Senate Sponsor - Duncan) H.B. No. 298
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
1-3 April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the appointment of an assistant administrator for the
1-10 Ector County Hospital District.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Sections 4.13(a), (b), and (c), Chapter 550, Acts
1-13 of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are amended to read
1-14 as follows:
1-15 (a) The board may appoint qualified persons as administrator
1-16 of the district [, assistant administrator,] and attorney for the
1-17 district. The administrator and attorney serve at the will of the
1-18 board.
1-19 (b) The administrator may appoint one or more qualified
1-20 persons as assistant administrators for the district. An [,]
1-21 assistant administrator serves [, and attorney serve] at the will
1-22 of the administrator [board].
1-23 (c) The administrator, [assistant administrator, and]
1-24 attorney, and each assistant administrator are entitled to
1-25 compensation as determined by the board.
1-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-27 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-28 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-29 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-30 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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