By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 919
	(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2005; March 14, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; April 14, 2005, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 14, 2005, sent to printer.)


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.



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