Bill Text: TX SB1116 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry Memorial Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Local Government [SB1116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1116-Introduced.html
88R10238 MPF-F | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 1116 |
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relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry | ||
Memorial Hospital District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1105.051(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors | ||
elected from the district at large in the manner provided by Section | ||
1105.0515. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1105, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1105.0515 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 1105.0515. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CUMULATIVE VOTING. | ||
(a) All directors shall be elected at large using the cumulative | ||
voting procedure prescribed by this section. | ||
(b) All director positions to be filled at the election | ||
shall be voted on as one race by all qualified voters of the | ||
district. | ||
(c) Each voter is entitled to cast a number of votes equal to | ||
the number of positions to be filled at the election, except that | ||
the total number of votes cast by a voter may not exceed four. A | ||
voter may cast one or more of the specified number of votes for any | ||
one or more candidates in any combination. Only whole votes may be | ||
cast and counted. | ||
(d) If a voter casts more than the number of votes to which | ||
the voter is entitled in the election, none of the voter's votes may | ||
be counted in that election. If a voter casts fewer votes than | ||
entitled, all of the voter's votes are counted in that election. | ||
(e) The candidates who are elected are those, in the number | ||
to be elected, receiving the highest numbers of votes. | ||
(f) The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional | ||
procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of | ||
an election held in accordance with this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1105.052, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1105.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [ |
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must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in | ||
Terry County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1105.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1105.053. BALLOT APPLICATION [ |
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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 [ |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |