Bill Text: TX HB3462 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3462 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3462-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3462 |
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relating to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County | ||
Hospital District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 281.021(e), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a | ||
board composed of seven members, and shall by order provide for the | ||
qualifications of appointees to the board. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0222 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 281.0222. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) This | ||
section applies only to the El Paso County Hospital District. | ||
(b) The El Paso County Commissioners Court may not appoint a | ||
person to the board of hospital managers of the district if the | ||
person is: | ||
(1) an employee of El Paso County; | ||
(2) a district employee; or | ||
(3) related within the third degree of consanguinity | ||
or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, | ||
Government Code, to a member of the commissioners court or to a | ||
person described by Subdivision (1) or (2). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 281.031, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 281.031. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER. (a) A member of the | ||
board of hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District | ||
is considered to have resigned the member's position if the member: | ||
(1) is absent from all the regularly scheduled board | ||
and committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during | ||
a 90-day period; [ |
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(2) is absent from more than half of the regularly | ||
scheduled board and committee meetings that the member is eligible | ||
to attend during a 12-month period; | ||
(3) fails to pay a local tax, including an ad valorem | ||
tax, when due; or | ||
(4) would be ineligible to serve on the board as | ||
provided by Section 281.0222. | ||
(b) A resignation under Subsection (a) is effective | ||
immediately on the date the absence, disqualifying conduct, or | ||
ineligibility specified [ |
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occurs or exists. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso | ||
County Hospital District made on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. An appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El | ||
Paso County Hospital District that occurs before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the | ||
appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3462 was passed by the House on May | ||
13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3462 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |