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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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) Unless the board is elected from single-member |
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districts as provided by Section 1037.0515, the [The] board |
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consists of seven directors elected from the district at large. |
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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. SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS; ELECTION; TERM. |
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(a) On receipt of a petition signed by at least 150 registered |
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voters of the district not later than October 1, 2013, the board |
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shall divide the district into seven numbered single-member |
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districts for the election of directors. The single-member |
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districts must be: |
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(1) compact and contiguous; and |
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(2) as nearly as practicable of equal population |
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according to the most recent federal decennial census. |
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(b) The board shall determine the boundaries of the seven |
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single-member districts not later than December 1, 2013. |
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(c) One director shall be elected from each of the seven |
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single-member districts. |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (f), to be a candidate |
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for or to serve as a director, a person must also reside in the |
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single-member district the person represents or seeks to represent. |
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(e) A person shall indicate on the application for a place |
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on the ballot the single-member district the person seeks to |
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represent. |
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(f) After each federal decennial census or as needed, the |
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board may redraw the boundaries of the seven single-member |
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districts to reflect population changes. A director in office on |
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the effective date of a change in the boundaries of a single-member |
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district under this subsection, or a director elected before the |
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effective date of the change to a term of office beginning on or |
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after the effective date of the change, shall serve the term or the |
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remainder of the term in the single-member district to which |
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elected even if the change in boundaries places the director's |
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residence outside of the single-member district to which the |
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director was elected. |
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(g) At the first regular election of directors occurring |
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after the board divides the district as provided by Subsection (a), |
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all seven positions on the board shall be filled. After the canvass |
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of the returns of the election, the terms of all directors serving |
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at the time of the election expire. |
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(h) At the first meeting of directors elected under this |
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section, the directors shall draw lots to determine which three |
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directors serve two-year terms and which four directors serve |
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one-year terms. After the terms of the directors initially elected |
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to the board under this section expire, directors serve staggered |
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two-year terms, unless four-year terms are established under |
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Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code. |
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(i) If the board does not receive a petition under |
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Subsection (a) on or before the date prescribed by that subsection, |
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this section expires January 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |