| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
| |
|
|
relating to term limits for the board of hospital managers of the |
|
|
Nueces County Hospital District. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 281.0221, Health and Safety Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 281.0221. TERM LIMIT. (a) A member of the board of |
|
|
hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District may not |
|
|
serve more than two consecutive three-year terms and is not |
|
|
eligible for reappointment to the board until the second |
|
|
anniversary of the date the member's eligibility expires under this |
|
|
subsection [section]. |
|
|
(b) A member of the board of hospital managers of the Nueces |
|
|
County Hospital District may not serve more than four full |
|
|
three-year terms. The completion of the unexpired portion of a term |
|
|
does not constitute service for a full term for purposes of this |
|
|
subsection. |
|
|
SECTION 2. (a) Section 281.0221(b), Health and Safety |
|
|
Code, as added by this Act, does not affect the eligibility of a |
|
|
member serving on the board of hospital managers of the Nueces |
|
|
County Hospital District on the effective date of this Act to |
|
|
continue to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's |
|
|
term. As the terms of board members expire, the Nueces County |
|
|
Commissioners Court shall appoint or reappoint members as necessary |
|
|
to ensure that the composition of the board complies with Section |
|
|
281.0221(b), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
|
|
(b) In making an appointment or reappointment to the board |
|
|
of hospital managers of the Nueces County Hospital District on or |
|
|
after the effective date of this Act, the Nueces County |
|
|
Commissioners Court may not appoint or reappoint a person to the |
|
|
board if before the effective date of this Act the person has served |
|
|
four full three-year terms on the board, not including the |
|
|
unexpired portion of any term, as prescribed by Section |
|
|
281.0221(b), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
|
|
|
|
|
* * * * * |