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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment and terms of the board of hospital |
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managers of the Dallas County 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, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The Dallas County Hospital District is governed by a |
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board composed of 11 members, appointed as follows: |
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(1) the Dallas County Commissioners Court shall |
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appoint one member; |
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(2) each commissioner on the Dallas County |
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Commissioners Court shall appoint two members; and |
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(3) the county judge of Dallas County shall appoint |
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two members. |
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SECTION 2. Section 281.022, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The members of the board of hospital managers of the |
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Dallas County Hospital District serve staggered three-year terms, |
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with as near as possible to one-third of the members' terms expiring |
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each year. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The members of the board of hospital |
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managers of the Dallas County Hospital District serving on the |
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effective date of this Act may draw lots or use another method to |
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determine the members, the number of whom must be as near as |
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possible to one-third of the total number of members, who shall |
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serve terms that expire in 2018, the members, the number of whom |
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must be as near as possible to one-third of the total number of |
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members, who shall serve terms that expire in 2017, and the members, |
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the number of whom must be as near as possible to one-third of the |
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total number of members, who shall serve terms that expire in 2016. |
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The members of the board appointed to succeed the members serving on |
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the effective date of this Act shall serve three-year terms. |
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(b) At the time the terms of the board of hospital managers |
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of the Dallas County Hospital District are determined under |
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Subsection (a) of this section, the Dallas County Commissioners |
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Court shall establish the specific date on which the terms of |
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members of the board of hospital managers shall expire each year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |