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Amend HB 1917 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 9, strike "Section 775.0422(b)" and substitute "Section 775.0422".
(2) On page 1, line 10, between "amended" and "to", insert "by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1)".
(3) On page 1, strike lines 11-16 and substitute the following:
(b) The commissioners court of the county in which a district is located, by an order adopted by a majority vote after a hearing, may remove a [one or more] board member for:
(1) incompetency, as defined by Section 87.011, Local Government Code;
(2) official misconduct, as defined by Section 87.011, Local Government Code; or
(3) misconduct, as defined by Section 178.001, Local Government Code [members if the board failed to give the report required by Section 775.036(a)(4) to the commissioners court before the 91st day after the date on which the report was due under that section].
(b-1) Section 551.0745, Government Code, applies to a deliberation regarding a removal of a board member in the same manner as that section applies to a deliberation regarding a dismissal of a member of an advisory body.
(c) Not later than [Before] the 30th [60th] day before [after] the date on which the hearing is held, a [report was due, each] commissioners court seeking removal under this section must notify the board members that it is considering that action.
(4) On page 1, strike lines 17 and 18.
(5) On page 1, line 19, strike "4" and substitute "3".