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  S.B. No. 524
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the grounds for removal of a member of the board of
  directors of the Lynn County Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 4A, Chapter 66, Acts of
  the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (a)  It is a ground for removal from the board of directors
  that a member:
               (1)  is absent from more than half [three-fourths] of
  the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible
  to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a
  majority vote of the board; or
               (2)  fails to timely pay a federal, state, or local tax,
  including an ad valorem tax.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 1054.0565, Special
  District Local Laws Code, as effective September 1, 2009, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  It is a ground for removal from the board that a
  director:
               (1)  is absent from more than half [three-fourths] of
  the regularly scheduled board meetings that the director is
  eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse
  approved by a majority vote of the board; or
               (2)  fails to timely pay a federal, state, or local tax,
  including an ad valorem tax.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 1 of this Act takes effect only if
  the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
  nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes does
  not become law.  If the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
  corrections in existing codes becomes law, Section 1 of this Act has
  no effect.
         (b)  Section 2 of this Act takes effect only if the Act of the
  81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
  nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes
  becomes law.  If the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
  2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
  existing codes does not become law, Section 2 of this Act has no
  effect.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the Senate on
  March 19, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the House on
  May 25, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor