Bill Text: TX HB2438 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County Hospital District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Filed [HB2438 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2438-Introduced.html

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89R8852 MPF-F
By: Darby H.B. No. 2438

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County
Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1016.053, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1016.053. 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 at least 10 registered taxpaying
voters; and
[(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005,
Election Code].
SECTION 2. Section 1016.054, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1016.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) A person may
not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is:
(1) a district resident; and
(2) a qualified voter[;
[(3) a freeholder; and
[(4) at least 18 years of age when elected or
appointed].
(b) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director if
the person is a district employee.
SECTION 3. Section 1016.057, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1016.057. OFFICERS. The board shall elect a
president, a vice president, and a secretary from among its
members.
SECTION 4. The heading to Section 1016.060, Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1016.060. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR[; ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR].
SECTION 5. Section 1016.060(c), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The district administrator serves [and any assistant
administrator serve] at the will of the board and is [are] entitled
to the compensation determined by the board.
SECTION 6. Section 1016.110, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1016.110. CONSTRUCTION [OR PURCHASE] CONTRACTS. (a)
The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.
(b) The board may enter into a public work contract as
authorized under Chapter 2269, Government Code.
(c) Chapter 2253, Government Code, as it relates to
performance and payment bonds, applies to the district's
construction contracts [A construction or purchase contract that
involves the expenditure of more than $2,000 may be made only after
advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and Subchapter C,
Chapter 262, Local Government Code].
SECTION 7. Section 1016.160(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1016.107(c) of
this code, Section 315.002, Health and Safety Code, this
subchapter, and Subchapter E of this chapter, the district may not
incur a debt [an obligation] payable from district revenue other
than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and
following district fiscal years.
SECTION 8. The following provisions of the Special District
Local Laws Code are repealed:
(1) Section 1016.055; and
(2) Sections 1016.060(b) and (d).
SECTION 9. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to
Section 1016.053, Special District Local Laws Code, apply only to
an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 1016.054,
Special District Local Laws Code:
(1) do not affect the entitlement of a director
serving on the board of directors immediately before the effective
date of this Act to continue to serve on the board for the remainder
of the director's term;
(2) apply only to a member of the board of directors
elected or appointed to the board on or after the effective date of
this Act; and
(3) do not prohibit a director serving on the board of
directors on the effective date of this Act from being reelected or
reappointed to the board if the director has the qualifications
required for membership on the board under Section 1016.054,
Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 10. 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.