Bill Text: TX SB1480 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to term limits for the board of hospital managers of the Nueces County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [SB1480 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1480-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1480 | |
(Herrero) | ||
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relating to term limits for the board of hospital managers of the | ||
Nueces County Hospital District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 281.0221, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 281.0221. TERM LIMIT. (a) A member of the board of | ||
hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District may not | ||
serve more than two consecutive three-year terms and is not | ||
eligible for reappointment to the board until the second | ||
anniversary of the date the member's eligibility expires under this | ||
subsection [ |
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(b) A member of the board of hospital managers of the Nueces | ||
County Hospital District may not serve more than four full | ||
three-year terms. The completion of the unexpired portion of a term | ||
does not constitute service for a full term for purposes of this | ||
subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Section 281.0221(b), Health and Safety | ||
Code, as added by this Act, does not affect the eligibility of a | ||
member serving on the board of hospital managers of the Nueces | ||
County Hospital District on the effective date of this Act to | ||
continue to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's | ||
term. As the terms of board members expire, the Nueces County | ||
Commissioners Court shall appoint or reappoint members as necessary | ||
to ensure that the composition of the board complies with Section | ||
281.0221(b), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) In making an appointment or reappointment to the board | ||
of hospital managers of the Nueces County Hospital District on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act, the Nueces County | ||
Commissioners Court may not appoint or reappoint a person to the | ||
board if before the effective date of this Act the person has served | ||
four full three-year terms on the board, not including the | ||
unexpired portion of any term, as prescribed by Section | ||
281.0221(b), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |