By: Kerwin, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 2014
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 19, 2025;
  May 19, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 22, 2025, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 22, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell
  County Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 3, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1123 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 1123. SOMERVELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 1123.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the
  district.
               (2)  "Director" means a member of the board.
               (3)  "District" means the Somervell County Hospital
  District.
  SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
         Sec. 1123.051.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board consists of
  seven elected directors.
         Sec. 1123.052.  TERMS; ELECTION.  (a)  Directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         (b)  An election shall be held on the uniform election date
  in May of appropriate years to elect the appropriate number of
  directors.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  A director of the Somervell County Hospital
  District who is serving on the day before the effective date of this
  Act shall continue to serve until the director's term expires and
  the director's successor has qualified.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 1123.052, Special District
  Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, the directors of the
  Somervell County Hospital District elected at the directors'
  election held in May of 2026 shall draw lots to determine which two
  directors serve two-year terms and which three directors serve
  three-year terms.
         (c)  The directors of the Somervell County Hospital District
  elected at the directors' election held in May of 2027 shall serve
  four-year terms.
         (d)  A director of the Somervell County Hospital District who
  succeeds a director described by Subsection (b) or (c) of this
  section shall serve a four-year term.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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