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AN ACT
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relating to the election of the board of directors of the Hamlin |
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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 1037.051(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the |
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district at large in the manner provided by Section 1037.0515. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1037, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1037.0515 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1037.0515. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CUMULATIVE VOTING. |
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(a) All directors shall be elected at large using the cumulative |
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voting procedure prescribed by this section. |
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(b) All director positions to be filled at the election |
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shall be voted on as one race by all the voters of the district. |
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Each voter is entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number |
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of positions to be filled at the election. |
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(c) A voter may cast one or more of the specified number of |
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votes for any one or more candidates in any combination. Only whole |
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votes may be cast and counted. |
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(d) If a voter casts more than the number of votes to which |
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the voter is entitled in the election, none of the voter's votes may |
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be counted in that election. If a voter casts fewer votes than |
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entitled, all of the voter's votes are counted in that election. |
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(e) The candidates who are elected are those, in the number |
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to be elected, receiving the highest numbers of votes. |
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(f) The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional |
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procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of |
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an election held in accordance with this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2117 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2117 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |