Bill Text: TX SB881 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the board of directors of the Maverick County Hospital District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-18 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB881 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB881-Engrossed.html

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By: Uresti S.B. No. 881
(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2017; February 28, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; March 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 22, 2017, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of directors of the Maverick County Hospital
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1118.054, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection
(c) to read as follows:
(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the
remaining directors by majority [a unanimous] vote shall appoint a
director for the unexpired term.
(c) If the number of directors is reduced to fewer than
three for any reason, the remaining directors shall immediately
call a special election to fill the vacancies. If the remaining
directors do not call the election, a district court, on
application of a district voter or taxpayer, may order the
directors to hold the election.
SECTION 2. Section 1118.055, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1118.055. OFFICERS. The board shall elect from among
its members a chairman, a vice-chairman, [president,] a secretary,
and a treasurer at the first meeting after each directors'
election.
SECTION 3. Section 1118.207(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The board chairman [president] shall execute the
district's bonds in the district's name.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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