Bill Text: TX HB2117 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Hamlin Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB2117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2117-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2117 |
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relating to the election of the board of directors of the Hamlin | ||
Hospital District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1037.051(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the | ||
district at large in the manner provided by Section 1037.0515. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1037, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1037.0515 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 1037.0515. 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 the voters of the district. | ||
Each voter is entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number | ||
of positions to be filled at the election. | ||
(c) 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2117 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2117 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |