By: Bivins S.B. No. 892
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of the board of managers of certain
emergency communication districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 772.306, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) If Subsection (b) does not apply to a district, the
board consists of:
(1) the following members representing the county or
counties in the district:
(A) if the district contains only one county, two
members appointed by the commissioners court of the county;
(B) if the district originally contained only one
county but contains more than one county when the appointment is
made, two members appointed by the commissioners court of the
county in which the district was originally located, and one member
appointed by the commissioners court of each other county in the
district; or
(C) if the district originally contained more
than one county and the district contains more than one county when
the appointment is made, one member appointed by the commissioners
court of each county in the district;
(2) two members appointed jointly by the majority vote
of [all] the [participating] municipalities voting on the
appointment and located in whole or part in the district;
(3) one member appointed jointly by the volunteer fire
departments operating wholly or partly in the district, with the
appointment process coordinated by the county fire marshal or
marshals of the county or counties in the district; and
(4) one member appointed by the principal service
supplier.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an appointment to a
board of managers under Section 772.306, Health and Safety Code,
made on or after the effective date of this Act. An appointment to a
board of managers made before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect at the time the appointment is made,
and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.