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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the grounds and procedures for removal of a member of |
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the board of directors of the Lynn County Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 66, Acts of the 60th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1967, is amended by adding Section 4A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 4A. (a) It is a ground for removal from the board of |
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directors that a member: |
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(1) is absent from more than three-fourths of the |
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regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to |
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attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a |
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majority vote of the board; or |
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(2) fails to timely pay a federal, state, or local tax, |
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including an ad valorem tax. |
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(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by |
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the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member |
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exists. |
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(c) If the administrator or manager of the hospital district |
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has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the |
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administrator or manager shall notify the president of the board of |
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the potential ground. The president shall then notify the county |
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attorney and district attorney that a potential ground for removal |
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exists and request that the county or district attorney bring an |
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action in the nature of quo warranto under Chapter 66, Civil |
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Practice and Remedies Code, as appropriate. If the potential |
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ground for removal involves the president, the administrator or |
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manager shall notify the vice president of the board, who shall then |
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notify the county attorney and district attorney that a potential |
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ground for removal exists and request an action in the nature of quo |
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warranto. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |