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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Terry Memorial Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1105.051(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors |
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elected through a cumulative election system with the candidates |
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receiving the highest number of votes being declared the winners of |
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the election [from the district at large]. |
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(1) Each eligible voter will be allowed the number of |
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votes equal to the number of director positions being voted on at |
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the election. |
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(2) The election will be conducted at large, with all |
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candidates running in a common field without any place |
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designations. |
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(3) Each eligible voter will be allowed to cast his or |
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her votes in any manner according to the voter's preference. A |
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voter may cast each of his or her votes for different candidates, |
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cast all of his or her votes for one candidate, or portion his or her |
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votes in any other manner among the candidates as long as the total |
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number of votes cast by each eligible voter does not exceed four. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1105.052, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is revised to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1105.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [At least 10 days |
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before the date of a directors' election, notice] of the election |
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must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in |
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Terry County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1105.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is revised to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1105.053. BALLOT APPLICATION [PETITION]. A person who |
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wants to have the person 's name printed on the ballot as a |
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candidate for director must file an application with the board |
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secretary in accordance with Chapter 144, [a petition requesting |
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that action. The petition must be: |
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(1) signed by not fewer than 10 registered voters; and |
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(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005,] |
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Election Code. |
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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, 2023. |