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79R2621 RMB-D

By:  Hughes                                                       H.B. No. 1648



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the expansion of the boundaries of the Wood County 
Central Hospital District of Wood County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2, Chapter 293, Acts of the 60th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 2.  BOUNDARIES.  The boundaries of this district are 
coterminous with the boundaries of the Quitman Independent School 
District as they exist on the effective date of this Act, unless the 
boundaries are expanded under Section 7C of this Act or other 
applicable law.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 293, Acts of the 60th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 1967, is amended by adding Section 7C to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 7C.  EXPANSION OF DISTRICT TERRITORY TO INCLUDE 
TERRITORY OF MINEOLA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.  (a)  Registered 
voters of a defined territory composed of all territory within the 
boundaries of the Mineola Independent School District may file a 
petition with the secretary of the board of directors requesting 
the inclusion of the territory in the district.  The petition must 
be signed by at least 50 registered voters of the defined territory 
or a majority of those voters, whichever is less.
	(b)  The board shall set a time and place to hold a hearing on 
the petition to include the territory in the district.  The board 
shall set a date for the hearing that is not earlier than the 31st 
day after the date the court issues the order.
	(c)  If after the hearing the board finds that annexation of 
the territory into the district would be feasible and would benefit 
the district, the board may approve the annexation by a resolution 
entered in its minutes.
	(d)  Annexation of the territory is final when approved by a 
majority of the voters at an election held in the district and by a 
majority of the voters at a separate election held on the same date 
in the territory to be annexed.  If the district has outstanding 
debts or taxes, the voters in the election to approve the annexation 
must also determine if the annexed territory will assume its 
proportion of the debts or taxes if added to the district.
	(e)  The election ballots shall be printed to provide for 
voting for or against the following, as applicable:
		(1)  "Adding the territory within the boundaries of the 
Mineola Independent School District to the Wood County Central 
Hospital District of Wood County."; or
		(2)  "The territory within the boundaries of the 
Mineola Independent School District assuming its proportionate 
share of the outstanding debts and taxes of the Wood County Central 
Hospital District of Wood County, if it is added to the district."
	(f)  The elections shall be held after the 45th day and on or 
before the 60th day after the date the elections are ordered.  
Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election 
held under this section.
	(g)  Once annexation is approved, the board shall appoint a 
resident of the Mineola Independent School District to serve as a 
temporary director until the date of the next regular election of 
directors.  That position shall expire on the date of the regular 
election.  During any time that the board of directors is composed 
of seven members, four members of the board constitute a quorum, and 
a concurrence of four is sufficient in all matters pertaining to the 
district.
	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, 2005.