By West H.B. No. 3354
77R5268 YDB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to elections to the board of directors and administration
1-3 of the Ector County Hospital District.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 4.05(b), Chapter 550, Acts of the 71st
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The petition must be filed with the secretary not later
1-8 than 5 p.m. of the 45th [31st] day before the date of the election.
1-9 SECTION 2. Sections 4.13(a), (b), and (c), Chapter 550, Acts
1-10 of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are amended to read
1-11 as follows:
1-12 (a) The board may appoint qualified persons as administrator
1-13 of the district [, assistant administrator,] and attorney for the
1-14 district. The administrator and attorney serve at the will of the
1-15 board.
1-16 (b) The administrator may appoint one or more qualified
1-17 persons as assistant administrators for the district. An [,]
1-18 assistant administrator serves [, and attorney serve] at the will
1-19 of the administrator [board].
1-20 (c) The administrator, [assistant administrator, and]
1-21 attorney, and each assistant administrator are entitled to
1-22 compensation as determined by the board.
1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-1 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-2 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-3 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.