By: Duncan  S.B. No. 267
         (In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2007; January 30, 2007,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; February 21, 2007, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; February 21, 2007, 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, 2007.
 
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