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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. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0211 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 281.0211. APPOINTMENT OF DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL |
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DISTRICT BOARD; MEMBERS' TERMS. (a) The Dallas County Hospital |
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District is governed by a board composed of 11 members, appointed as |
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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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(b) Board members appointed under this section serve |
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staggered three-year terms, with as near as possible to one-third |
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of the members' terms expiring each year. |
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(c) On or after September 1, 2022, the Dallas County |
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Commissioners Court shall appoint members to the board in |
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accordance with Sections 281.021(a) and 281.022(a). |
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(d) Subsection (c) does not affect the entitlement of a |
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member of the board of the Dallas County Hospital District |
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appointed to the board under this section before September 1, 2022, |
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to continue to carry out the member's functions for the remainder of |
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the member's term. |
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(e) On the expiration of the terms of the board members |
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described by Subsection (d), the Dallas County Commissioners Court |
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shall take appropriate action to ensure that, as soon as possible, |
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the board of the Dallas County Hospital District complies with the |
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requirements of Sections 281.021(a) and 281.022(a). |
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SECTION 2. (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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(c) The additional members of the board of hospital managers |
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of the Dallas County Hospital District required by Section |
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281.0211, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, must be |
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appointed not later than January 1, 2016. |
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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, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1461 passed the Senate on |
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April 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1461 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 135, |
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Nays 5, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Date |
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Governor |