Bill Text: TX HB2231 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the election of emergency services district boards in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Referred to County Affairs [HB2231 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2231-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2231 | |
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| relating to the election of emergency services district boards in | ||
| certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 775.034(h), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (h) This section does not apply to a district located wholly | ||
| in: | ||
| (1) a county with a population of more than four | ||
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| (2) a county with a population of more than 500,000 | ||
| that borders a county with a population of more than four million. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 775.0345(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This section applies only to a district located wholly | ||
| in: | ||
| (1) a county with a population of more than four | ||
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| (2) a county with a population of more than 500,000 | ||
| that borders a county with a population of more than four million. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act do not | ||
| affect the entitlement of a commissioner of a board of emergency | ||
| services commissioners serving on the board immediately before the | ||
| effective date of this Act to continue to carry out the board's | ||
| functions for the remainder of the commissioner's term. | ||
| (b) This Act does not prohibit a person who is a | ||
| commissioner on the effective date of this Act and who was appointed | ||
| under Section 775.034, Health and Safety Code, from running for | ||
| election to the board if the person has the qualifications required | ||
| for a member under Section 775.0345, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act. | ||
| (c) A person serving as a member of a board of emergency | ||
| services commissioners on the effective date of this Act who was | ||
| appointed under Section 775.034, Health and Safety Code, shall | ||
| continue to serve until the election and qualification of a new | ||
| commissioner for that position. | ||
| (d) In 2012, the county judge of a county with an emergency | ||
| services district to which Section 775.0345, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act, applies and to which Section 775.034, | ||
| Health and Safety Code, previously applied, shall establish an | ||
| election as required by Section 775.0345 to replace a commissioner | ||
| appointed before the effective date of this Act as near as | ||
| practicable to the date of the expiration of the appointed | ||
| commissioner's term. A commissioner elected under this subsection | ||
| serves a two-year term but the successor serves a four-year term as | ||
| provided by Section 775.0345, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| (e) In 2013, the county judge shall repeat the procedures | ||
| described by Subsection (d) of this section for the remaining | ||
| appointed commissioners. A commissioner elected under this | ||
| subsection serves a three-year term but the successor serves a | ||
| four-year term as provided by Section 775.0345, Health and Safety | ||
| Code. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
