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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Hardeman 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 1038.051(d), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) An election shall be held on the uniform election date |
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in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of directors |
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[Section 41.001, Election Code, applies to an election held under
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this section]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1038.052, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1038.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. The [At least 30 days
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before the date of an election of directors, the] board shall |
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publish notice of the election [one time] in a newspaper or |
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newspapers that individually or collectively have general |
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circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003, |
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Election Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1038.062, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsections |
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(e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) The board may employ physicians and other health care |
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providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient |
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operation of the district. |
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(f) This section may not be construed as authorizing the |
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board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as |
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prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 4. Section 1038.301, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsection |
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(e) to read as follows: |
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(e) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an |
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election ordered under this section. |
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SECTION 5. Section 1038.007, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is repealed. |
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SECTION 6. 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, 2009. |