By: Wharton (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 2607

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2025; May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; May 9, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the terms of the members of the board of hospital managers and leasing authority of the Walker County Hospital District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1111.051(b), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) Managers [Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code, managers] serve staggered four-year [two-year] terms with the terms of two or three managers expiring each even-numbered year as appropriate.

SECTION 2. Section 1111.108(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The district through the board may lease all or part of the district's property, including the buildings and facilities comprising the hospital system, to any person on terms considered to be in the district's best interest. The term of a lease may not exceed 80 [40] years.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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