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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the terms and election of the members of the board of |
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directors of the Stonewall County Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 3(a) and (c), Chapter 54, Acts of the |
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58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, are amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors |
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elected at large by place for staggered three-year terms [Within
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ten (10) days after such election is held the Commissioners Court in
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such County shall convene and canvass the returns of the election,
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and if a majority of the qualified property taxpaying electors
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voting at said election voted in favor of the proposition, the Court
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shall so find and declare the Hospital District established and
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created and appoint five (5) persons as directors of the Hospital
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District to serve until the first Saturday in April following the
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creation and establishment of the District at which time five (5)
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directors shall be elected. The three (3) directors receiving the
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highest vote at such first election shall serve for two (2) years,
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the other two (2) directors shall serve for one year. Thereafter,
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all directors shall serve for a period of two (2) years and until
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their successor has been duly elected or appointed and qualified]. |
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Each member of the board of directors shall qualify by executing the |
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constitutional oath of office. |
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(c) The board of directors shall order a regular election of |
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directors to be held each year on the [first Saturday in] May |
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uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code [of each
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year]. The board of directors shall issue the order in accordance |
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with Chapter 3, Election Code [at least 45 days before the date of
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the election. The order must state the time, place, and purpose of
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the election]. The board of directors shall appoint the presiding |
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judge, who shall appoint the assistant judge and the clerks as may |
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be required. Notice of the [such] election shall be published in a |
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newspaper of general circulation in the District in accordance with |
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Section 4.003, Election Code [one (1) time at least ten (10) days
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prior to the date of election]. Any person desiring that person's |
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name to be printed on the ballot as a candidate for director shall |
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file an application with the secretary of the board of directors of |
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the District in accordance with Section 144.005, Election Code [at
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least 31 days prior to the date of election]. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The members of the board of directors of the |
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Stonewall County Hospital District serving on the effective date of |
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this Act shall draw lots to determine in which place each director |
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serves. The two directors whose terms expire in 2008 shall draw |
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lots for Places 1 and 2. The three directors whose terms expire in |
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2009 shall draw lots for Places 3, 4, and 5. |
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(b) The election of the board of directors of the district |
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scheduled before the effective date of this Act to be held in May |
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2008 must be held, and the director elected for Place 1 at that |
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election shall serve a three-year term. The director elected for |
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Place 2 at that election shall serve a two-year term. |
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(c) The election of the board of directors scheduled before |
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the effective date of this Act to be held in May 2009 must be held, |
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and the directors elected for Places 3 and 4 at that election shall |
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serve three-year terms. The director elected for Place 5 at that |
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election shall serve a two-year term. |
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(d) The directors elected at the elections to be held in May |
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2010, May 2011, and May 2012 shall serve three-year terms. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |