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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County |
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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(e), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended 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, and shall by order provide for the |
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qualifications of appointees to the board and for approval to the |
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board following notice and public hearing. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0222 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 281.0222. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) This |
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section applies only to the El Paso County Hospital District. |
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(b) The El Paso County Commissioners Court may not appoint a |
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person to the board of hospital managers of the district if the |
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person is: |
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(1) an employee of El Paso County; |
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(2) a district employee; |
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(3) a party to a contract with the district to provide |
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goods or perform services for compensation; or |
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(4) related within the first degree of consanguinity |
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or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, |
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Government Code, to a member of the commissioners court or to a |
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person described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3). |
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SECTION 3. Section 281.031, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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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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(3) fails to pay a local tax, including an ad valorem |
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tax, when due; or |
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(4) would be ineligible to serve on the board as |
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provided by Section 281.0222. |
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(b) A resignation under Subsection (a) is effective |
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immediately on the date the conduct or disqualification [absence or
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refusal] prescribed by Subsection (a) occurs or is determined. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso |
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County Hospital District made on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El |
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Paso County Hospital District that occurs before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the |
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appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2011. |