Bill Text: TX HB2014 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell County Hospital District.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective on 9/1/25 [HB2014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2014-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2014 | ||
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| relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell | ||
| County Hospital District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1123 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 1123. SOMERVELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 1123.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the | ||
| district. | ||
| (2) "Director" means a member of the board. | ||
| (3) "District" means the Somervell County Hospital | ||
| District. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION | ||
| Sec. 1123.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board consists of | ||
| seven elected directors. | ||
| Sec. 1123.052. TERMS; ELECTION. (a) Directors serve | ||
| staggered four-year terms. | ||
| (b) An election shall be held on the uniform election date | ||
| in May of appropriate years to elect the appropriate number of | ||
| directors. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) A director of the Somervell County Hospital | ||
| District who is serving on the day before the effective date of this | ||
| Act shall continue to serve until the director's term expires and | ||
| the director's successor has qualified. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 1123.052, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, the directors of the | ||
| Somervell County Hospital District elected at the directors' | ||
| election held in May of 2026 shall draw lots to determine which two | ||
| directors serve two-year terms and which three directors serve | ||
| three-year terms. | ||
| (c) The directors of the Somervell County Hospital District | ||
| elected at the directors' election held in May of 2027 shall serve | ||
| four-year terms. | ||
| (d) A director of the Somervell County Hospital District who | ||
| succeeds a director described by Subsection (b) or (c) of this | ||
| section shall serve a four-year term. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2014 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 14, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2014 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
