By: Harris S.B. No. 1013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of private legal counsel by certain hospital
districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (d), Section 281.056, Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The district may employ or contract with private legal
counsel to represent the district on any legal matter. If the
district does not employ or contract with private legal counsel on a
legal matter, the [The] county attorney, district attorney, or
criminal district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to
represent the county in civil matters shall represent the district
[in all legal matters].
(d) If the district receives legal services from a county
attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, the
[The] district shall contribute sufficient funds to the general
fund of the county for the account of the budget of the county
attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as
appropriate, to pay all additional salaries and expenses incurred
by that officer in performing the duties required by the district.
SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 281.056, Health and
Safety Code, is repealed.
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.