By: Margo H.B. No. 3462
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the appointment of the board of managers of the El Paso
  County Hospital District.
  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
  SECTION 1.  Section 281.021(e), Health and Safety Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
  (e)  The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a board
  composed of seven members.  The commissioners court shall by order
  provide for the qualifications of appointees to the board and for
  the approval of appointees to the board following notice and public
  hearing.
  SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a vacancy
  on the board of managers of the El Paso County Hospital District
  that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.  A vacancy
  that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
  that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
  SECTION 3.  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, 2011.