79R7012 KEG-D
By: Laney H.B. No. 3511
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the grounds and procedures for removal of a member of
the board of directors of the Lynn County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 66, Acts of the 60th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1967, is amended by adding Section 4A to read as
follows:
Sec. 4A. (a) It is a ground for removal from the board of
directors that a member:
(1) is absent from more than three-fourths of the
regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to
attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a
majority vote of the board; or
(2) fails to timely pay a federal, state, or local tax,
including an ad valorem tax.
(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by
the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member
exists.
(c) If the administrator or manager of the hospital district
has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the
administrator or manager shall notify the president of the board of
the potential ground. The president shall then notify the county
attorney and district attorney that a potential ground for removal
exists and request that the county or district attorney bring an
action in the nature of quo warranto under Chapter 66, Civil
Practice and Remedies Code, as appropriate. If the potential
ground for removal involves the president, the administrator or
manager shall notify the vice president of the board, who shall then
notify the county attorney and district attorney that a potential
ground for removal exists and request an action in the nature of quo
warranto.
SECTION 2. 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.