88R10238 MPF-F
 
  By: Perry S.B. No. 1116
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry
  Memorial Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1105.051(a), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The district is governed by a board of seven directors
  elected from the district at large in the manner provided by Section
  1105.0515.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1105, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1105.0515 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 1105.0515.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CUMULATIVE VOTING.
  (a) All directors shall be elected at large using the cumulative
  voting procedure prescribed by this section.
         (b)  All director positions to be filled at the election
  shall be voted on as one race by all qualified voters of the
  district.
         (c)  Each voter is entitled to cast a number of votes equal to
  the number of positions to be filled at the election, except that
  the total number of votes cast by a voter may not exceed four. A
  voter may cast one or more of the specified number of votes for any
  one or more candidates in any combination. Only whole votes may be
  cast and counted.
         (d)  If a voter casts more than the number of votes to which
  the voter is entitled in the election, none of the voter's votes may
  be counted in that election. If a voter casts fewer votes than
  entitled, all of the voter's votes are counted in that election.
         (e)  The candidates who are elected are those, in the number
  to be elected, receiving the highest numbers of votes.
         (f)  The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional
  procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of
  an election held in accordance with this section.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1105.052, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1105.052.  NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [At least 10 days
  before the date] of a directors' election[, notice of the election]
  must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in
  Terry County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
         SECTION 4.  Section 1105.053, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1105.053.  BALLOT APPLICATION [PETITION]. A person who
  wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate
  for director must file an application with the board secretary in
  accordance with Chapter 144, Election Code [a petition requesting
  that action.  The petition must be:
               [(1)  signed by not fewer than 10 registered voters;
  and
               [(2)  filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005,
  Election Code].
         SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.