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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the El Paso County Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 281.021, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a |
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board composed of seven members. |
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SECTION 2. Section 281.022, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The members of the board of hospital managers of the El |
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Paso County Hospital District serve staggered three-year terms, |
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with as near as possible to one-third of the members' terms expiring |
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each year. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Sections 281.0221 and 281.031 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 281.0221. TERM LIMIT. A member of the board of |
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hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District may not |
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serve more than two consecutive three-year terms and is not |
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eligible for reappointment to the board until the second |
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anniversary of the date the member's eligibility expires under this |
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section. |
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Sec. 281.031. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER. (a) A member of the |
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board of hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District |
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is considered to have resigned the member's position if the member: |
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(1) is absent from all the regularly scheduled board |
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and committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during |
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a 90-day period; or |
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(2) is absent from more than half of the regularly |
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scheduled board and committee meetings that the member is eligible |
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to attend during a 12-month period. |
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(b) A resignation under Subsection (a) is effective |
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immediately on the date the absence or refusal prescribed by |
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Subsection (a) occurs. |
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SECTION 4. (a) This section applies to the appointment of |
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the members of the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County |
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Hospital District after the effective date of this Act, |
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notwithstanding other law. |
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(b) The members of the board appointed to succeed the |
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members serving on the effective date of this Act whose terms expire |
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March 31, 2010, shall serve three-year terms. |
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(c) The members of the board appointed to succeed the |
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members serving on the effective date of this Act whose terms expire |
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March 31, 2011, shall draw lots to determine which two members shall |
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serve a term expiring March 31, 2012, and which two members shall |
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serve a term expiring March 31, 2014. Successor members appointed |
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in 2012 and 2014 serve three-year terms. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |