81R5153 TJS-D
 
  By: King of Zavala H.B. No. 1497
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the depository of the Maverick County Hospital District
  and to the investment of the district's money.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 15, Chapter 172, Acts of the 59th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 15.  (a)  The [Within 30 days after the qualification
  of the Board of Directors, the] Board shall by resolution designate
  a depository for the District in accordance with Chapter 105, Local
  Government Code [bank within the county in which the District is
  located to be the depository of the District].  A depository may
  serve for not more than five years and until a successor is
  designated.
         (b)  The District's operating accounts [All funds of the
  District] shall be deposited in the depository and shall be secured
  in the manner provided by Chapter 2257, Government Code.
         (c)  District money available for investment shall be
  invested in accordance with Chapter 2256, Government Code [now
  provided for the security of county funds.   The depository shall
  serve for a period of two years and until a successor has been named
  in accordance with this section].
         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, 2009.