Bill Text: TX HB2788 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of emergency services commissioners in certain districts located in more than one county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB2788 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2788-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 2788
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the appointment of emergency services commissioners in
  certain districts located in more than one county.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0341 to read as follows:
         Sec. 775.0341.  APPOINTMENT OF BOARD IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS
  LOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.  (a)  This section applies only to a
  district that was authorized to have a board of emergency services
  commissioners appointed under former Section 776.0345 and that is
  located:
               (1)  partly in a county with a population of less than
  22,000; and
               (2)  partly in a county with a population of more than
  54,000.
         (b)  A five-member board of emergency services commissioners
  appointed under this section serves as the district's governing
  body. A commissioner serves a two-year term.
         (c)  The commissioners court of the smallest county in which
  the district is located shall appoint two commissioners to the
  board.  The commissioners court of the largest county in which the
  district is located shall appoint three commissioners to the board.
         (d)  To be eligible for appointment as an emergency services
  commissioner under this section, a person must be at least 18 years
  of age and reside in the district. Two commissioners must reside in
  the smallest county in which the district is located, and three
  commissioners must reside in the largest county in which the
  district is located.
         (e)  On January 1 of each year, a commissioners court shall
  appoint a successor for each emergency services commissioner
  appointed by that commissioners court whose term has expired.
         (f)  The appropriate commissioners court shall fill a
  vacancy on the board for the remainder of the unexpired term.
         SECTION 2.  Section 775.035, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
         (j)  This section does not apply to a district described by
  Section 775.0341.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  All governmental acts and proceedings of an
  emergency services district to which former Section 776.0345,
  Health and Safety Code, applied before that section was repealed
  and that relate to the selection of emergency services
  commissioners of the district and that were taken between January
  1, 2012, and the effective date of this Act are validated, ratified,
  and confirmed in all respects as if they had been taken as
  authorized by law.
         (b)  This section does not apply to any matter that on the
  effective date of this Act:
               (1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
  ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
  judgment; or
               (2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2788 was passed by the House on April
  20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2788 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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