By Green                                              H.B. No. 3687
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the operation of the Nixon Hospital District of
 1-3     Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas, and the DeWitt Medical
 1-4     District.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 644, Acts of the 59th
 1-7     Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended by adding Subsection
 1-8     (c) to read as follows:
 1-9           (c)  The District may contract with the DeWitt Medical
1-10     District for the DeWitt Medical District to lease, manage, or
1-11     operate a health care facility located in the District.
1-12           SECTION 2.  Section 7, Chapter 310, Acts of the 59th
1-13     Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 7. The Board of Directors of said District shall elect a
1-15     president and secretary from their number to serve until the next
1-16     succeeding directors' election.  A majority of the directors shall
1-17     constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority shall be
1-18     sufficient in all matters pertaining to the business of the
1-19     District.  Not by way of limitation, the Board shall have the
1-20     complete management and control of all the business of the
1-21     District, including but not limited to the power and authority to
1-22     negotiate and contract with any person or body, public or private,
1-23     to purchase or lease land, to construct and equip a hospital
1-24     system, and to operate and maintain a hospital or hospitals, and to
 2-1     negotiate and contract with other political subdivisions of the
 2-2     State or private individuals, associations or corporations for such
 2-3     purposes, all as may be determined to be necessary or desirable for
 2-4     said District by said Board.  The District, through its Board of
 2-5     Directors, may contract with the Nixon Hospital District of
 2-6     Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas, for the District to lease,
 2-7     manage, or operate a health care facility located in the Nixon
 2-8     Hospital District of Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas.  The[;
 2-9     and said] Board shall have all powers necessary, convenient or
2-10     incidental to carry out the purposes for which said District is
2-11     created.  The Board of Directors of said District shall serve
2-12     without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses
2-13     incurred by them in the performance of their official duties upon
2-14     the approval of such expenses by the Board of Directors thereof.
2-15     All vacancies in the office of director shall be filled for the
2-16     unexpired term by appointment of the remainder of the Board.  If
2-17     the number of directors is reduced to less than three (3), the
2-18     remaining directors shall immediately call a special election to
2-19     fill said vacancies.  Upon failure to do so, a District Court may,
2-20     upon application of any voter or taxpayer of the District, issue a
2-21     mandate requiring such directors to call and hold such election.
2-22           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-23     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-25     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-26     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.