S.B. No. 534
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the El Paso County Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 281.021, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a
  board composed of seven members.
         SECTION 2.  Section 281.022, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The members of the board of hospital managers of the El
  Paso County Hospital District serve staggered three-year terms,
  with as near as possible to one-third of the members' terms expiring
  each year.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Sections 281.0221 and 281.031 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 281.0221.  TERM LIMIT. 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
  section.
         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; or
               (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.
         (b)  A resignation under Subsection (a) is effective
  immediately on the date the absence or refusal prescribed by
  Subsection (a) occurs.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  This section applies to the appointment of
  the members of the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County
  Hospital District after the effective date of this Act,
  notwithstanding other law.
         (b)  The members of the board appointed to succeed the
  members serving on the effective date of this Act whose terms expire
  March 31, 2010, shall serve three-year terms.
         (c)  The members of the board appointed to succeed the
  members serving on the effective date of this Act whose terms expire
  March 31, 2011, shall draw lots to determine which two members shall
  serve a term expiring March 31, 2012, and which two members shall
  serve a term expiring March 31, 2014. Successor members appointed
  in 2012 and 2014 serve three-year terms.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 534 passed the Senate on
  April 9, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 534 passed the House on
  May 15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor