By West                                               H.B. No. 3354
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                                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.