1-1 By: Green (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 3687
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the operation of the Nixon Hospital District of
1-10 Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas, and the DeWitt Medical
1-11 District.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 644, Acts of the 59th
1-14 Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended by adding Subsection
1-15 (c) to read as follows:
1-16 (c) The District may contract with the DeWitt Medical
1-17 District for the DeWitt Medical District to lease, manage, or
1-18 operate a health care facility located in the District.
1-19 SECTION 2. Section 7, Chapter 310, Acts of the 59th
1-20 Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended to read as follows:
1-21 Sec. 7. The Board of Directors of said District shall elect a
1-22 president and secretary from their number to serve until the next
1-23 succeeding directors' election. A majority of the directors shall
1-24 constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority shall be
1-25 sufficient in all matters pertaining to the business of the
1-26 District. Not by way of limitation, the Board shall have the
1-27 complete management and control of all the business of the
1-28 District, including but not limited to the power and authority to
1-29 negotiate and contract with any person or body, public or private,
1-30 to purchase or lease land, to construct and equip a hospital
1-31 system, and to operate and maintain a hospital or hospitals, and to
1-32 negotiate and contract with other political subdivisions of the
1-33 State or private individuals, associations or corporations for such
1-34 purposes, all as may be determined to be necessary or desirable for
1-35 said District by said Board. The District, through its Board of
1-36 Directors, may contract with the Nixon Hospital District of
1-37 Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas, for the District to lease,
1-38 manage, or operate a health care facility located in the Nixon
1-39 Hospital District of Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas. The[;
1-40 and said] Board shall have all powers necessary, convenient or
1-41 incidental to carry out the purposes for which said District is
1-42 created. The Board of Directors of said District shall serve
1-43 without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses
1-44 incurred by them in the performance of their official duties upon
1-45 the approval of such expenses by the Board of Directors thereof.
1-46 All vacancies in the office of director shall be filled for the
1-47 unexpired term by appointment of the remainder of the Board. If
1-48 the number of directors is reduced to less than three (3), the
1-49 remaining directors shall immediately call a special election to
1-50 fill said vacancies. Upon failure to do so, a District Court may,
1-51 upon application of any voter or taxpayer of the District, issue a
1-52 mandate requiring such directors to call and hold such election.
1-53 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-54 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-55 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-56 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-57 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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